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Some photographers take their cameras to extraordinary places. They hike to waterfalls or travel to foreign countries. Others find beautiful models to pose. I like to hike to waterfalls. I love to travel abroad. And, yes, I enjoy admiring attractive women. But that's not what I do with a camera. Instead, I capture urban fragments. I do this because I enjoy finding and sharing the beauty of the everyday. The beauty of the norm. The beauty of the here and now.

I think that, all too often, people think of beauty as something out of the ordinary. They think of it as something outside of their regular life. I think beauty surrounds us. All we have to do is take a moment and allow ourselves to notice.

That's what I do.

I notice.