RATATOUILLE

Here, a mix of unclassifiable photos—served fresh. The word "ratatouille" comes from the French touiller (an ancestor of our word "toil"), meaning to mix or stir.

Rabbi David Aaron writes, "The goal is to be able to see...without labels, without preconceptions. Labels prevent us from directly experiencing reality. They obliterate our vision and prevent us from seeing God."

Because George Simonson photographs whatever speaks to him, he creates large numbers of pictures that defy easy labels and meanings (including, he says, plenty that are just plain awful). "Whatever I shot, it was simply there," he adds. "Maybe in the end everything is simply there."

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Close-up abstract photo of ripe, cut strawberry juxtaposed with a tiny jade statue of a Buddha in Harpswell, Maine
STRAWBERRY BUDDHA
 
Abstract photo of a range of brick building facades and city trees in autumn along High Street in Portland, Maine
HIGH STREET MOSAIC
 
Close-up photo of two antique gasoline canisters in the dusty light of a barn in Harpswell, Maine
LONG IN THE BARN
 
Photo of patterns in salt-marsh grasses in Long Reach Cove in autumn in Harpswell, Maine
LONG REACH SALT MARSH




Photo of bare tree branches overlooking the Androscoggin River in Brunswick, Maine
OVER THE ANDROSCOGGIN
 
Close-up photo of jewelry in mother-of-pearl, fired-glass beads, and silver wire created by Genevieve Hunt in New Bedford, Massachusetts
MOTHER-OF-PEARL
 
Photo of a stand of trees along the roadside in Brunswick, Maine
MIDDLE BAY
 
Photo of old tools and an oilcan in the dusty light of a basement in Harpswell, Maine
FOR THE GENERATOR




Close-up photo of a piece of mica in Harpswell, Maine
OBJET DARK
 
Close-up photo of barnacles and patterns on a beach rock at Gooseberry Neck in Westport, Massachusetts
BEACH ROCK
 
Photo of an American sycamore with a vine in contrasting colors in New Bedford, Massachusetts
BUTTONWOOD
 
Photo of an apple orchard silhouetted against the sky in Topsham, Maine
SPOTS ON MY APPLES

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