Pieces of The Whole

Focus on the smaller aspects of a larger subject to take unique, and sometimes better, photos.

Russ Burden

Updated July 27, 2016

The whole is the sum of its parts. If a single addend is eliminated, it prevents a proper total from being obtained.

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Originally Published May 14, 2012

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