'Woman on the Plaza,' with its distinct horizon, snow-like surfaces, wintry wall, stunning sunlight, sharp shadows, and hurrying figure, would become the most biographical of my photographs - an abstract image of the landscape and life of northern Ohio where I grew up and first practiced photography.

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Abstract Become Distinct Figure First Grew Horizon Image Landscape Life Most Northern Ohio Photographs Photography Practiced Shadows Sharp Stunning Sunlight Up Wall Where Woman Would

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