23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Artistic
love because and inspite of

The photo is part of my own wonder at one of the many mysteries of love. How do people who have promised to love each other forever manage to pull it off after suffering all the damage that time and life and do? The use of the techniques and tools that produced the image come from my own exploration of how to create a vision of what is beyond the normal biological abilites of the eyes.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2025
Date Uploaded: 10.2025
Photo Location: Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Copyright: © John L. Gronbeck-Tedesco