Water may be the most engaging subject in this collection. Research on blue space, the term environmental psychologists use for coastal, lake, and river environments, has linked time near water, and to a lesser degree views of it, with lower stress and restored attention. The reasons are not fully understood, though many researchers suspect they reach deep into human perceptual history. What is easy to observe is that water holds attention in its own way, through movement, reflection, sound, and the particular quality of light at its surface. These images were made across the full range of water environments, from still to moving, contained to open, and they carry the distinct character of each.
That range is useful when choosing a work. Still water, such as mountain lakes holding a reflection, suits rooms meant for rest: bedrooms, reading rooms, and quiet corners of clinics and offices. Moving water, such as waterfalls and surf softened by long exposure, brings a gentle sense of energy and renewal to living rooms, bathrooms, and entryways. The collection also includes glacial ice, rivers winding through open country, and the open sea, from Yosemite and the Canadian Rockies to Patagonia, Australia, and Iceland.
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