What is abstract photography? For me, it is the art of making photos that make you stop and ask, “What is that?” before realizing the answer was in front of you all along. Abstract photos achieve this effect by stripping away some details of the context so that a “purer” image emerges, one that draws our attention to the form, shape, colors, tones and shadows of the subject, and in so doing, evoke the emotional power that resides in pure forms.