This composition, HYDRANGEA PETALS, raises an important question relative to Aristotle’s well-known sentiment: the whole is greater than the SUM of its parts. But how exactly does this theory apply to photography? Perhaps, in photography, it is possible that the answer to this question can fluctuate. As a photographer, this decision becomes yours EVERY time you take A photo. But… Let’s use this photo, HYDRANGEA PETALS, as an example: 4 tiny purple petals grow inside of 4 larger purple petals, making up each little flower which groups together with other like flowers creating an entire system of tiny purple flowers that align in perfect order to create a whole bloom. Without each PART working together in perfect order to create the whole hydrangea bloom…it would be impossible to find WHOLE flowers in our NATURAL WORLD. This cooperation of parts illustrates the perfect HARMONY that exists within our Universe. Thus, because EVERY detailed part is integral to creating A whole-you can never even arrive at A whole without the concurrence of ALL of these individual parts. When a photographer is focused on individual parts of an object, sometimes we even gain a BETTER understanding of the WHOLE object itself: in this case A flower. Therefore, in photography: the individual parts in full detail can often be much GREATER than their SUM. While the SUM might be GRAND; there is GREATNESS in each & every part which makes the whole A distinct possibility to EXIST within our natural WORLD.