Anne Morrison Rabe

Looking at the natural, mostly botanical, world from an unusual perspective, I not only focus on the details of a subject, but on the negative space around it as well. I am most interested in organically occurring patterns and shapes; therefore, my photography verges on the abstract or painterly, an illustrative rather than literal medium. Using an iPhone and multiple applications, my method is truly mobile, bringing an immediacy to my work. I utilize several different media and combinations thereof on which to reproduce my images, including aluminum, acrylic, wood, canvas and paper. The image dictates the surface materials I choose in order to create an organic whole. You may just as often find me photographing in the floral department of my local grocery store as on hikes in the Michigan Northwoods. I find creative inspiration everywhere and love the spontaneity of being able to use my phone to interpret my vision.