Photos and Phototransformations by David J. Bookbinder, LMHC.

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I have been taking pictures since boyhood, but my current preoccupations are with transforming photographs of flowers and other objects from nature into mandala-like images, and in directly photographing the natural world. My work is inspired by the paintings of Georgia O'Keeffe and Claude Monet, the nature photographs of Andreas Feininger, and the flower images of Harold Feinstein, with whom I briefly studied. Making these images feels as if I am in wordless conversation with elements far more profound than anything I could create myself. The experience of photographing and of editing is reminiscent of meditation. Click GALLERIES to see more examples of my work and to buy or license images.

Currently, I run a blog called Flower Mandalas on the spirituality portal Beliefnet.com, where I hope to promote using art as a means for healing and personal transformation — the primary purposes it has served for me. See the LINKS page for connections to this blog and other related websites.

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Please contact me if you are interested in licensing images or in special orders. Prints can be purchased directly from this website. You can also order a selection of framed Flower Mandala images from Imagekind.com or Flower Mandala and other images printed on tiles, cards, ornaments, journals, and other products from CafePress.com.