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This reflection is a Fabian Burgos mural on Brickell Ave in Miami, reflected on a Borealis Rivian R1T truck. I like how the lines bend once they hit the surface of the car and how the stripes multiply across surfaces. The composition shifts just by moving a fraction of an inch.

Ansel Adams said, “A good photograph is knowing where to stand.” Sometimes that means turning around and noticing what’s behind you.

#miamicolortheory #practiceofseeing #reflectionphotography #colorandlight #brickellmiami
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Drove past this again today. It’s a decision to pay attention - when you decide to pay attention, there is beauty everywhere. 💛💙🤍

#attention #beautyiseverywhere #theartofnoticing
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“A line is a dot that went for a walk” -  Paul Klee. 💙🤍💙🤍

#miami #miamicolortheory #stripes
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“Pure colors can be used like words to form a language.” — Henri Matisse
🟥🟧🟨🟩🟦

#miamicolortheory #colors #miami #minimalphotography
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“The whole world, as we experience it visually, comes to us through the mystic realm of color.”
— Hans Hofmann 💙💛-💚💛-💛💛

#parkinglines #shotoniphone #minimalphotography #color  #miami
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“Space is the breath of art.” — Frank Lloyd Wright 

Mural at Dua Hotel Brickell by @markus.linnenbrink 🌈🥰😎

#ShotoniPhone #negativespace #mural #miami
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“To consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk.” - Edward Weston 🧡🖤

#minimalphotography #orange #miamicolortheory #ShotoniPhone
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🙃💕🩵
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Another car reflection - a mural by @jessieandkatey at @wynwoodwallsofficial reflected onto a parked car.

#ShotoniPhone #miamicolortheory #carreflection #thepracticeofseeing
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📍 The Drake
1460 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach
Architect: David T. Ellis, 1937

🩷💛🩵💚🤍🌴⚫️
#artdeco #miamibeacharchitecture #pastel #miamicolortheory #oceandrive
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Pride is infinite 🌈✨ #MiamiBeachPride

lifeguard stations designed by @williamlanearchitect 💕

#shotoniphone @visitmiamilgbtq 🌈🌈🌈🌈
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“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” — Edgar Degas 🧡💙

#complementarycolors #miamicolortheory #shotoniphone #orangeandblue
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“Zebra Question” by Shel Silverstein 🖤🤍🖤🤍

I asked the zebra
Are you black with white stripes?
Or white with black stripes?
And the zebra asked me,
Or you good with bad habits?
Or are you bad with good habits?
Are you noisy with quiet times?
Or are you quiet with noisy times?
Are you happy with some sad days?
Or are you sad with some happy days?
Are you neat with some sloppy ways?
Or are you sloppy with some neat ways?
And on and on and on and on
And on and on he went.
I’ll never ask a zebra
About stripes
Again.

Reflection of a Wynwood mural on a @rivianofficial truck
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“Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.” - Mary Oliver ❤️❤️❤️

When you pay attention, there really is beauty everywhere.

#practiceofseeing #miamicolortheory #shotoniphone
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“Light is the first of painters.” — J.M.W. Turner 💚💕💜

South Beach Lifeguard stations designed by @williamlanearchitect 

#miamicolortheory #miamibeach #lifeguardstations #shotoniphone #minimalphotography
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Part of a feature article by Mark Myerson in Mobiography magazine, April 2026.

Sharing a selection here.

Thank you to @mobiography , writer @markmyerson and editor Andy Butler (@caravananders).

#miamicolortheory #mobiography #minimalphotography #mobilephotography #shotoniphone
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“Design is where science and art break even.” — Robin Mathew 🩵🧡💛💙

I can always find a new angle to shoot of the colors and shapes of the @miamichildrensmuseum  by architect @arquitectonicaarchitecture
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Happy Easter to those who celebrate 🐣

This is a timelapse of my Look Up installation from January and February 2026, projected onto the Betsy Orb (a bit of a hidden Easter egg in Miami Beach). The Orb is a sculptural skybridge connecting The Betsy and The Carlton, designed by @shulmandesign .

If you missed this one, I’ll be creating a new Orb installation this October.

LOOK UP
created by
@miamicolortheory

photography, visuals, motion design & stop-motion:
Laura Paresky Gould

editing and visuals collaboration:
Natassja Nunez

motion graphics collaboration:
Orrin Zucker

music:
Scatter (Ella Romand Remix) by @richiehellmusic 

special thanks:
@thebetsyhotel 

In recognition of the many mural artists and creative architects of Miami. The magic city is beautiful because of you.

#miamicolortheory #thebetsyorb #miamibeach #publicart #shotoniphone
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“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” — Maya Angelou 🌈🌈

Reflection of a @markus.linnenbrink mural on a @rivianofficial R1T 🩵💚💜❤️💙💛
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Excited for tomorrow’s zine fair!
@miamizinefair is 12-5 on Saturday 4/4 at Paradise Plaza in the @miamidesigndistrict 

Many of these images are in my “Chromatic Reflections” zine, my collab with @wuthipol.designs which launches in the US tomorrow! (It launched in Asia last week at @biggerartfair ) 

Reflecting murals by:
1. @boamistura mural
2. @loveismofficial mural
3. In the Trader Joe’s parking lot 
4. At Publix
5. @loveismofficial mural 
6. @punkmetender mural

Come to the zine fair and say hi!
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This is one of those things I drove past, said “ooh” out loud, and had to pull a u-turn to go shoot it. Didn’t even get out of the car. I love angled shadows. And circles. And blue sky. And the little arrow sign was a nice surprise.

#miamicolortheory #practiceofseeing #miami #lightandshadow #shotoniphone
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“Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread.” — Le Corbusier 💛💙🤍💕🩵🧡💚🎉

1. 💛
2. 💙🤍Mural on ceiling of garage of @545wyn by @1010zzz 
3. 💕💛🩵 @rrstudiosmiami mural in Wynwood
4. 🧡
5. 💚
6. 💙🤍
7. 🧡
8. 🩶🤍🌴
9. 🎉🎉 @jessieandkatey mural at @wynwoodwallsofficial
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“If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.” — Stephen R. Covey 🧡

#orangeandblue #complementarycolors #minimalphoto #miamicolortheory #shotoniphone
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“I want you to sense yourself sensing — to see yourself seeing.” — James Turrell 🩵💜🩷🤍💛

When driving on I-395, the translucent field of color shifts as you pass, always changing with the sun. 

MIAMI RAIN by @tompattidesign
on the Marquis parking garage near the Arsht Center.

#miamicolortheory #practiceofseeing #miami #tompatti #shotoniphone
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“Yellow is the color closest to light.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 💛💛💛💙

#yellow #shotoniphone #beach #miamibeach #mobiography_349
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“The space between can be even more definite than the two objects which establish it.” — Donald Judd
💛🩵💕💙

#shotoniphone #lincolnroad #miamibeach #pastels
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“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” — Albert Einstein 💕🩵

A gathering of umbrellas that somehow look like people to me…maybe that’s why I was so drawn to the cluster.

#miamicolortheory #practiceofseeing #miamibeach #shotoniphone #umbrellas
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Launching Chromatic Reflections: A Miami Color Theory Zine at Miami Zine Fair on Saturday, April 4, 12–5pm, at Paradise Plaza Event Space, Miami Design District.

A new limited edition series featuring @miamicolortheory images of Miami murals reflected on cars—where color, light, and form shift across glossy surfaces.

I’ll be there signing Seeing Differently and bringing a few Hello Yellow and Mostly Sunny zines, along with vintage 90’s film postcards. Come say hi!

Designed and published in Bangkok by @wuthipoldesigns—I love collaborating with Tum.

Special thanks to @exilebooks and @miamizinefair

Image 1: mural by @loveismofficial
Image 2: murals by @johnny_robles @genuineundead_official @jeronimogauna @boamistura
Image 3: murals by @alecmonopoly @boamistura

#miamicolortheory #miamizinefair #miamiart #zines #practiceofseeing
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“What you see is what you see.” — Frank Stella 💕💛🩵💚

Pastel colors, fluting, and Art Deco/MiMo architecture against a perfect blue sky.

(And inside, a beautiful new matcha place, @auramatcha !)

1510 Collins Ave, Miami Beach

#miamicolortheory #artdeco #miamibeach #matcha #shotoniphone
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“Light creates ambience and feel of a place, as well as the expression of a structure.” — Le Corbusier 🎉🌈

#pinnacleplace #miamicolortheory #rainbow #shotoniphone
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More iconic Miami Beach lifeguard stations!

In 2015, the architect @williamlanearchitect reimagined the 36 towers he originally designed in 1995, and said this:

“Much like the Moai figures on Easter Island, they are an expression for identity and culture on Miami Beach. Within the abstract detailing of the roof lines, contours, colors and materials, is the optimistic futurism of Art Deco, the local comfort of Cracker Style, and the brightness of South Florida’s tropical fauna. The towers are activators of public space and in this case of the beach itself. Unlike military watchtowers, they host lifeguards that will protect and serve. At the extreme, they can help save a life. Given the opportunity to revisit the towers, the new detailing pays close attention to environmental and programmatic design.” 🧡💚💕💛💙🌴😎
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Miami’s lifeguard stands—originally designed by architect William Lane in 1995 after Hurricane Andrew—have become part of the visual language of the Magic City.

In 2015, the City of Miami Beach asked @williamlanearchitect to expand his original concept—designing new prototypes for 36 towers from South Pointe to 86th Street.

I’m always drawn to the bright, saturated colors and the graphic shapes set against the deep blue sky.

#miamicolortheory #practiceofseeing #miamibeach #lifeguardstands #shotoniphone
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🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴 💛💚🩵🩷💜 

#shotoniphone #miamicolortheory #shadows #palmtrees
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A mural by #fabianburgos in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood, seen on the wall and on a parked car.

My car reflections zine launches at the Miami Zine Fair on April 4—hope to see you there!

#miamicolortheory #practiceofseeing #brickell #shotoniphone
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“Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.” — Le Corbusier ❤️💛🧡💚💙🩷

#miami #parkitecture #miamicolortheory #museumgarage
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“Color is the place where our brain and the universe meet.” — Paul Klee 🩷💛🧡💚🩵

📍@miamichildrensmuseum
Architect: @arquitectonicaarchitecture

#miamicolortheory #shotoniphone #miamichildrebsmuseum #arquitectonica #minimalphoto
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“It’s not easy being green.” - Kermit the Frog 💚
Happy St. Patrick’s Day ☘️ to those who celebrate, and a big happy birthday to my husband Eric!

#green #miamicolortheory #shotoniphone #miami
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“I believe in pink.” - Audrey Hepburn 🩷🩷🩷

#puddle #reflection #pink #miamidesigndistrict #miamicolortheory
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🟠🟠🟠🔵🔵🔵

500 Brickell Ave, Miami
Architect: @arquitectonicaarchitecture 

#circles #parkitecture #miamiarchitecture #arquitectonica #shotoniphone
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The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” — Lao Tzu 🩷🧡💙💛💚❤️🩵

#shotoniphone #practiceofseeing #shadowplay #stepsandshadows #noticing
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