• Close-up of two abstract animal sculptures with black and white patterns against a dark sky.

    Derek Goldberg, FORUM, Jan. 2022

  • A basketball hoop with a backboard and rim, with a palm tree visible through the hoop, against a clear blue sky.

    Ryan Lafferty, Open Show #40

  • A man with a muscular build painted to look like a statue, walking on a city sidewalk at night, holding a plastic bag, wearing shorts and sandals, near a crosswalk and streetlights.

    Jeff Larason, Open Show #40

  • Left side shows a flower with multiple small white blossoms against a reddish-brown background. Right side shows a close-up of a brownish-orange object with a smooth texture and some irregular edges.

    Gwendolyn Anne Davies, Open Show #38

  • A man walking along a beach with his hands in his pockets and a woman performing a ballet dance on the sand.

    Roberta Mangini Glisson, Open Show #38

  • Conference room with blue chairs around a wooden table, computer monitor, keyboard, and phone. The background features a mural of space, showing the Moon on the left and Earth on the right, above a moon-like landscape.

    Cassandra Klos, Open Show #39

  • Close-up of textured, weathered wood with intricate grain patterns and ridges in black and white.

    Joseph Akerman, Open Show #37

  • A person doing a handstand with one hand on the ground and legs extended upward, partially obscured by geometric shapes overlaid on the image.

    Gershon Kreimer, Open Show #36

  • A person with no clothes seen from the back, surrounded by a cosmic background of stars and nebulae, with a large transparent sphere depicting Earth orbiting the person's head.

    Granville Carroll, Open Show #35

  • Illustration of a woman with black hair, drawn in a minimalist style, with her body depicted by a large pink leaf.

    Laura Belevica, Open Show #35

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Color scientist and computer vision specialist, Phil Warren creates radical new photography with notes from the Old World.