Growing up as a photographer, I found Irving Penn to be an amazing master to learn from, I was studying his images very carefully hoping to better my photography.
Among many observations, I found his trash images to be a great inspiration for choosing photo subjects. This is a humble homage to a truly great master.
I’ve found these shards a few years ago on the road, right by the curb, it seemed to be a worthy subject. In my car, I happened to have one of these thick brown envelops, I scooped the fragments in, insect wings and all, and drove away. This envelope was a home for these fragments until yesterday.