Orange Mango 2
Orange Mango 2
Turn left. Out of frame. Into the next manipulated photo. Perhaps into something infrared. Foliage. Multi-hued. Find a cuddle in the hot glow of fire-colored mounds of dirt. In bright stumps. In miniature volcanoes. Every bad choice yields a good result. Every step in the wrong direction brings you to the righted place.
~ Brian Alessandro, Editor-in-Chief
Manipulated Digital Photography, 2016
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