Bryce Kastning, untitled

I did not anticipate needing this theme to the degree that I did; sometimes, you can be overwhelmed by the coarse, the squalid, the noisy, and the negative. Photography often affords me a psychic reprieve, and I’m grateful now to live in a place where one can so easily step into a placid physical place when the madness gets too far inside. Sufficient? Time will tell.

Next week’s theme will be… man, I don’t know, open theme. Let’s see your best work, of anything (except for “liftys”). Send unwatermarked, signature-less images by Wednesday at 11:59 p.m to tim @ perfectduluthday.com — 1000px at their largest dimension — along with title (if any), and URL of your website, Facebook page, Tumblr, or Flickr stream.

Zach Kerola, “Brule, WI”

Zach Kerola, “Cloquet Streets 1”

Aaron Reichow, untitled

Tim White, untitled

Aaron Reichow, untitled

Lori Melton c/o UMD, untitled

Shawn Thompson, untitled

Cheryl Reitan, “a stone”