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Objects begins with an engineer's curiosity about how things are shaped, joined, worn and used. The photographs look closely at mechanisms, crafted surfaces and ordinary materials that carry evidence of work. Copper, corrosion, glass, fire and reflection matter because they reveal function as well as appearance. The collection should feel attentive rather than clinical, finding character in things that were built to perform a task.

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  1. Engineered Wind | Gatwick, England
  2. World Bent Below | Chicago, Illinois
  3. Copper Heart | Drakenstein, Western Cape
  4. Copper Cathedral
  5. Blue Thunder | Foreshore, Cape Town
  6. Held by Time | Cape Town, South Africa
  7. Hunger of Flame
  8. Electric Glass
  9. Threefold Lift | Rümlang, Switzerland
Engineered Wind | Gatwick, England
World Bent Below | Chicago, Illinois

Precision and use leave different kinds of marks.

Copper Heart | Drakenstein, Western Cape
Copper Cathedral
Blue Thunder | Foreshore, Cape Town
Held by Time | Cape Town, South Africa
Hunger of Flame
Electric Glass
Threefold Lift | Rümlang, Switzerland
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