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Paul Gladden

Paul Gladden

Finding Voice, Finding Self

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Color Photography Contest

2025

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Nature

Non Professional

Finding Voice, Finding Self

About Artist

Paul Gladden

I find creative inspiration in the rhythms, patterns, and abstractions found in one of my favorite subjects - flowers. Recently I came across a beautiful philosophy that perfectly encapsulates my approach to photography. This philosophy is called "BIOPHILIA." It is Greek for 'love of life or living things.' Through my photos I explore connections between identity, transformation, and the natural world, often represented by abstract portrayals. Through my photographs, I work to capture and impart the same sense of joy and wonderment I found so stimulating to my imagination, along with creating the same feelings of peace and calm in viewers I enjoyed as well as experiencing new ways of seeing flowers and their beauty.

Paul Gladden

Photographic Areas of Focus

Abstract, Fine Art, Nature, People, Portrait, Still Life, Street

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United States of America

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