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2016–201727 WORKS

The earliest infrared work, from the years the palette was still being found.

Three street trees on a strip of grass in front of a long low commercial building, photographed in near-infrared light.
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The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge over the Ohio River at Cincinnati, with a boy walking the low stone walls in the park beneath it, photographed in near-infrared light.
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The Gardner Family Rose Garden in Smale Riverfront Park, Cincinnati, with a woman sitting on the grass beside it and the stadium behind, photographed in near-infrared light.
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A single broad-crowned tree on a mown bank above a pond, photographed in near-infrared light.
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A dead standing tree, its bare trunk riddled with woodpecker holes, rising through the surrounding canopy, photographed in near-infrared light.
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A tall tree with a vine-covered trunk and bare upper branches, seen from the ground against a clear sky, photographed in near-infrared light.
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Hyde Park Bethlehem United Methodist Church on Hyde Park Avenue in Cincinnati, photographed in near-infrared light.
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Two pines standing against the blank end wall of a commercial building at the edge of a parking lot, photographed in near-infrared light.
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A large grassy mound with a path cut up its face, beside a curving concrete walk and a line of trees, photographed in near-infrared light.
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The sloping dark glass wall of a modern building, reflecting a row of trees and the buildings beyond, photographed in near-infrared light.
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The angled glass and precast corner of a modern building above a grass bank, with the surrounding trees reflected in its windows, photographed in near-infrared light.
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A street on the University of Cincinnati campus, with the modular Commons Edge building, a row of trees and a residence tower behind, photographed in near-infrared light.
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The Cincinnati riverfront lawn, with the Roebling Suspension Bridge at left and the Covington, Kentucky skyline across the Ohio River, photographed in near-infrared light.
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A broad maple in full leaf standing in front of a stone building, photographed in near-infrared light.
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An allee of arching trees over a stone stairway that climbs to a foliage-covered arch and a tiered fountain, photographed in near-infrared light.
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Tree canopy seen from directly below against an open sky, photographed in near-infrared light.
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One narrow tree standing above a flat field under a dark clouded sky, photographed in near-infrared light.
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A black SUV parked at the edge of a shopping-centre lot beside a single tree, photographed in near-infrared light.
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A wooden dock running out into a lake below a wooded shoreline, photographed in near-infrared light.
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The stone terraces and grass steps of a commons at the University of Cincinnati, with a long banded modern building on the rise behind, photographed in near-infrared light.
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The Nipper's Corner filling station on Xenia Avenue in Yellow Springs, Ohio, with a rider stopped at the pumps, photographed in near-infrared light.
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A discarded microwave oven sitting open in weeds along a curb at the foot of a concrete wall, photographed in near-infrared light.
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A circus elephant sculpture balancing a ball on its trunk, a dog on its head, outside a glass building by Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati, photographed in near-infrared light.
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A tree standing in high water beside a flooded concrete boat ramp, with covered boat docks along the far shore, photographed in near-infrared light.
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A row of large evergreens along a paved walk and low steps in a park, photographed in near-infrared light.
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A tall concrete pylon and its cantilevered arm seen from below between two trees, photographed in near-infrared light.
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Two trees in a raised brick planter above a bicycle rack, with a dark brick building and its barrel-vaulted roof behind, photographed in near-infrared light.
#024FirstLight_0242016–2017