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β€œIn architecture, light is the divine expression of form. It reveals the essence of materiality, casting shadows that narrate the beauty of space.” β€” Louis Kahn πŸ©·πŸ’šπŸ€

Shadow is light with something to say. πŸ’šπŸ©· 😎
The Chelsea: South Beach Art Deco building

#ArtDecoMiami #ColorAndShadow #PastelArchitecture #ShadowPlay #MiamiColorTheory​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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I love this building β€” the colors and the way the light hits it are always stunning, especially against a bright blue Miami sky. Rebecca from Shulman + Associates, the architects, told me the colors were inspired by mango, sun, water, and sand… which makes it even cooler. It’s the Artist Workforce Housing building in Collins Park, and every time I photograph it, it becomes something completely different. The light, shadows, reflections, and sky are never the same twice.

Architect: @shulmandesign πŸ’™πŸ€πŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ©΅

#miamicolortheory #miamilight #colors #miamiarchitecture #shulmandesign
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A Franz Ackermann mural reflected into a Rivian outside the Miami Beach Convention Center. Part of my original car reflection photo series. β€οΈπŸ§‘πŸ’šπŸ’™πŸ’›

#miamicolortheory #reflectionphotography #franzackermann #rivian #miamiart
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β€œInstructions for living a life:
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.”
- Mary Oliver

🌈πŸ₯°β€οΈπŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ’™πŸ’œ

#lifeguardstation #shotoniphone #miamicolortheory #rainbow
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Color blocks and diagonal shadows β€οΈπŸ€πŸ©ΆπŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ–€

#shotoniphone #miamicolortheory #miami #colorblock
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Shot this right side up, posted it upside down so your eye goes straight to the negative space. πŸ’™πŸ©΅πŸ§‘πŸ’›

β€œColor is the most relative medium in art.” - Josef Albers 🎨

πŸ“Miami Children’s Museum
Architect: @arquitectonicaarchitecture 

#miamicolortheory #foundabstraction #urbanabstract #arquitectonica #colorfield
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β€œThe eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say.” - Gregory Maguire πŸ©΅πŸ’™πŸ©΅

#miamicolortheory #shotoniphone #shadow #overshadowing #miami
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β€œTo look is one thing. To see is another.” β€” Georges Braque

πŸŸ₯⬜️πŸŸ₯⬜️🩡

#miamicolortheory #shotoniphone #miamibeach #minimalphotography
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πŸ©΅πŸ’šπŸ©΅πŸ˜Ž

#lifeguardstation #miamibeach #miamicolortheory
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β€œColor is a power which directly influences the soul.” β€” Wassily Kandinsky

Who can name this Miami building?
Who can name the architect? πŸ©΅πŸ’›πŸ§‘πŸ’™

I love creating abstract compositions of Miami architecture using color, shape, curves, negative space, and shadow.

#miamicolortheory #practiceofseeing #miamiarchitecture #shotoniphone 
#abstractphotography
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β€œRound the corner there may wait,
A new road or a secret gate.”
β€” J. R. R. Tolkien β€οΈπŸ’›πŸ©΅πŸ’™πŸ’šπŸ©·

#cornerlookup #miami #minimalphotography #shotoniphone
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🟩🟩🟩🟩 Storage facilities amuse me. Buildings made to hold excess somehow become minimal compositions of color, shape, and line. Everyday buildings become abstract compositions.

#miamicolortheory #practiceofseeing #miamistorage #minimalphotography #shotoniphone
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Do you ever pay attention to reflections? They’re so beautiful. πŸ§‘πŸ©·πŸ©΅πŸ’š

A Wynwood mural by @rrstudiosmiami  reflected across a Tesla windshield β€” color, shape, light, and perspective creating an entirely new composition.

#miamicolortheory #practiceofseeing #carreflection #shotoniphone
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β€œThe world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” β€” W. B. Yeats πŸŒˆπŸ–€πŸ©ΆπŸ€

Reflections of a @felipepantone mural in #wynwood on a @teslamotors
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β€œColor is a power which directly influences the soul.” β€” Wassily Kandinsky πŸ§‘β€οΈπŸ’›πŸ”₯

Mural by Brian Peterson at the Miami Rescue Mission in Wynwood.
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β€œEverything is expressed through relationships of line and color.” - Piet Mondrian πŸ©΅πŸ€πŸ§‘πŸ©ΆπŸ™Œ

#shotoniphone #colorblocks 
#miamicolortheory #practiceofseeing #colorandlight
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I like bringing something into the frame, adding a layer to what’s already there. It starts to feel like a quiet collaboration with the artist or architect. πŸ§‘πŸ’™πŸ©΅πŸ€. This is one of my favorite murals in Wynwood. The orange and blue pull everything together.  Mural by my talented friend @davidjunelouf πŸ™Œ

#miamicolortheory #practiceofseeing #wynwood
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β€œI see what I see.” - Ellsworth Kelly πŸ§‘πŸ’™πŸ€

#minimalphotography #miamicolortheory #complementarycolors #miami
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🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴
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Miami mural by Fabian Burgos reflected on a @rivianofficial truck. πŸ’œπŸŒˆ

#rivianr1t #borealis #carreflection #miami #fabianburgos
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One of my favorite parts of shooting across Miami is discovering the artists and architects behind what I’m drawn toβ€”and sometimes getting to meet them later.

I first met @slomo29 while he was painting on 79th Street in April 2022 (third image 🎨). Then I came across another of his murals in Coconut Grove in 2025 (2nd imageπŸ’š), and now this complementary color composition in Wynwood in 2026. πŸ§‘πŸ’™

Originally from Caracas, raised in Miami, and now between Miami and Barcelona, Slomo works in geometric abstractionβ€”layering transparencies and color with spray paint. His work is influenced by Venezuelan kinetic art and the street art scene in Barcelona, which helped shape what he creates today. οΏΌ

Paying attention, then learning who’s behind the work I naturally gravitate toward, has made living in Miami feel richer and more connected. It genuinely makes me happy. πŸ§‘πŸ’™πŸ₯°πŸ’šπŸ©·

#miamicolortheory #practiceofseeing #wynwoodmiami #colorandlight #muralart
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β€œColor is a power which directly influences the soul.” - Wassily Kandinsky πŸ©·πŸ’šπŸ’›πŸ₯°

#miamicolortheory #practiceofseeing #pastelcolors #colorandlight #minimalphotography
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I love the graphics on storage facilities. Always simple, colorful, and geometric. 🟨🟦🩷

#miamicolortheory #practiceofseeing #minimalphotography #colorandlight #geometriccomposition
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HAPPY INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY!

Thank you to all the incredible bookstores that carry Seeing Differently: Miami Color Theory, published by @trapublishing.

It never gets old seeing my book out in the world. Thank you to everyone who helped make this happen.

Special thanks to
@booksandbooks @wynwoodwallsshopofficial @thebassmoa @glottmanshop @quadebooks @pammshop @dale_zine @habitathyett @studio_af_miami
@miamibeachgarden @nisi_b_home @miamibookfair @booksandbookskw @trapublishing

#independentbookstoreday #miamicolortheory #seeingdifferently #supportindiebookstores #artbooks
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HAPPY INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY!

Thank you to all the incredible bookstores that carry Seeing Differently: Miami Color Theory, published by @trapublishing.

It never gets old seeing my book out in the world. Thank you to everyone who helped make this happen.

Special thanks to
@booksandbooks @wynwoodwallsshopofficial @thebassmoa @glottmanshop @quadebooks @pammshop @dale_zine @habitathyett @studio_af_miami
@miamibeachgarden @nisi_b_home @miamibookfair @booksandbookskw @trapublishing

#independentbookstoreday #miamicolortheory #seeingdifferently #supportindiebookstores #artbooks
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β€œTo see beauty in ordinary things is the secret of happiness.” - Jun’ichirō Tanizaki πŸ’™πŸ©ΆπŸ€

#shotoniphone #beautyiseverywhere #minimalphotography #shadows
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β€œThe interaction of color is the most relative medium in art.” β€” Josef Albers πŸ§‘πŸ’™πŸ§‘πŸ’™

#miamicolortheory #practiceofseeing #colorinteraction #complementarycolors #colorandlight
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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, β€œA 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. πŸ’›πŸ’™πŸ€

#attention #beautyiseverywhere #theartofnoticing
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β€œA line is a dot that went for a walk” -  Paul Klee. πŸ’™πŸ€πŸ’™πŸ€

#miami #miamicolortheory #stripes
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β€œPure colors can be used like words to form a language.” β€” Henri Matisse
πŸŸ₯🟧🟨🟩🟦

#miamicolortheory #colors #miami #minimalphotography
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β€œThe whole world, as we experience it visually, comes to us through the mystic realm of color.”
β€” Hans Hofmann πŸ’™πŸ’›-πŸ’šπŸ’›-πŸ’›πŸ’›

#parkinglines #shotoniphone #minimalphotography #color  #miami
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β€œSpace is the breath of art.” β€” Frank Lloyd Wright 

Mural at Dua Hotel Brickell by @markus.linnenbrink 🌈πŸ₯°πŸ˜Ž

#ShotoniPhone #negativespace #mural #miami
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β€œTo 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 πŸ§‘πŸ–€

#minimalphotography #orange #miamicolortheory #ShotoniPhone
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πŸ™ƒπŸ’•πŸ©΅
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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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πŸ“ The Drake
1460 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach
Architect: David T. Ellis, 1937

πŸ©·πŸ’›πŸ©΅πŸ’šπŸ€πŸŒ΄βš«οΈ
#artdeco #miamibeacharchitecture #pastel #miamicolortheory #oceandrive
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Pride is infinite 🌈✨ #MiamiBeachPride

lifeguard stations designed by @williamlanearchitect πŸ’•

#shotoniphone @visitmiamilgbtq 🌈🌈🌈🌈
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β€œArt is not what you see, but what you make others see.” β€” Edgar Degas πŸ§‘πŸ’™

#complementarycolors #miamicolortheory #shotoniphone #orangeandblue
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β€œZebra Question” by Shel Silverstein πŸ–€πŸ€πŸ–€πŸ€

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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