Still Life Photograph: Four peaches in plastic bag with reflected light and price tag on light gray background.

Untitled (from the project, "The Simplest Thing")

An extreme close-up photograph of a downy feather with green blades of grass.

For Nick; Birds of a Feather 

A photograph of an abstract figure's head and chest carved into the sandstone walls of the Minnehaha Creek Valley. 

Figure, Minnehaha Falls, Mpls, Mn

Two rough-hewn hands holding a white textured stone in a pose suggesting an offering, against a black background with the text: Migration, rio bravo-rio grande centered directly beneath the hands/stone. 

Terra Offerings - Migration / rio bravo - rio grande

An ice cream cone with multicolored sprinkles wrapped with a white paper napkin held by a child in a city on a sunny day. The ice cream cone is held intentionally to hide the child's face.

The Son of Me

BIrch Circles

A sideview of raindrops that look like clear globes upon a mint green leaf that has fallen onto pavement that looks like a beach made up of large grains of pebbles and sand.

Raindrops resting upon a leaf

What a moment in Portland, Oregon feels like.

PDXOXO

Capture of a Hummingbird while he visiting beautiful purple flowers.

Hummingbird #1

A freshwater aquatic snail, purple and grey in color, leans in close to the camera, with the aquarium behind him out of focus. He shows off his wrinkled snout, tentacles, and one orange eye.  He has a bewildered Snidley Whiplash sort of look.

Snails Have Faces

A photo of an old and isolated corner bar/gas station pump no longer operating in Northern North Dakota off of highway 85.

Highway 85

An image from the Acropolis Museum, Athens. A classical sculpture is on the left. To the right, three benches with human forms worn into the wall behind them. Human ghosts inhabiting the luminous space below the Acropolis

A History of Western Civilization

The subject, a young female whose face and shoulders are washed to silver tones by the bright sun, is captured in a moment just when lotion is laid onto her nose and cheeks by her hand and she smiles to be caught unprepared for the photograph.

Siri Lakeside

A black and white, manipulated photograph of a shirtless male posing with a bundle of straws in his mouth. As he becomes plastic, he stands there, emotionless, knowing the pollution has won. 

Becoming Plastic

A view through a window that's surrounded by mirrors overlooking the Mississippi the Mill District.

One Window/Three Bridges

Photograph of old and ghostly pier on Vancouver Island, BC. Morning, August, 1991.

Morning Fog, Vancouver Island

Sunlight through gauzy curtains, organic ivy shapes filtered in shadow and light on curtain and desk, slate-roofed building across distant english courtyard and.

Open Window 2016

Sunset in Winona

Photograph of a pastoral painting resting on a dresser waiting for curbside pickup. The photograph was taken during the fall, and the sidewalk is covered with fallen leaves from trees. The leaves on the sidewalk harmonize with the leaves depicted on the painting.

Discarded Painting

A Photograph of Red Spotted Orb Weaver spider wrapping a bee in a silk cocoon, dangling from a tree near a blue car.

Between Breaths

A beautiful photograph of three faded, orange leaves hanging from a tree branch, delicately adorned in frost, ice crystals and tiny snowflakes. 

Winter's Delicate Adornment

Monarch butterfly in flight over flowers which are swaying in the wind.

Floating Butterfly

Exploring the most inner beauty of flowers through light and the many layers that are revealed by this light brings out more of the true nature and wonderment of mother natures magic. 

Evening light

Photograph of downtown Minneapolis in background with  US Bank Stadium and residential apartments and other buildings in the mid and near foreground.

Brilliant Downtown

The image is of a black and white cat who takes up most of the frame and seems to be focused on something above.

Looking

It is the essence of a garden.  The late stage of a flower, the seeds, the seed pod.  Alien colors.  The predominant color is deep garnet.  The shapes are of pregnancy.  Ripeness.  Fullness.

Repose

A photograph of Barbie as Wonder Woman utilizing her Lasso of Truth to subdue Ken

Wonder Woman Barbie

A photograph of ocean waves breaking at the bottom of the stairs under a cloudy sky

Wavey

Post storm sunset over a golf course with a photographer on the ground pointing a camera across the green of the course towards the sunset. 

Sunset Selfie

A black and white portrait featuring the subject in a white shirt and giant sunglasses.

Imposter

A digitally manipulated photograph of a white doll house, with red, white and blue drapes, in a semi-transparent sky blue bag; variations of dark blues and greys surround the image.

Untitled (from the project, "The Simplest Thing"), 2020

Adam Johnson