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Photograph by J. John Priola, Green Moss & Lichen (archival pigment prints, velvet wrapped frames, 30" x 23" each, 2022). The image illustrates a key later body of work in J. John Priola's career beginning in 2009, when he produced color series that shifted examined architectural settings and the often-conflicted human relationship to nature. Works such as this one from his long-running "Natural Light" project explore dichotomies of nature and nurture, natural and unnatural, survival and destruction through highly detailed, often dense images of branches (in this case) or dead trunks, wild or symbiotic flora, houseplants and synthetic plants. Like Priola's past work, they functioned metaphorically as vehicles to deeper meaning, such as portraits of their owners, evocations of loss, or anthropomorphic, qualities. These photographs were publicly exhibited in prominent venues, discussed in major art journals and daily press publications, and acquired by museums.

Artist J. John Priola. Copyright held by the artist.

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The image serves an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating a key later body and type of work in J. John Priola's career beginning in 2009: his color series of archival pigment prints, which gradually shifted in subject from architectural settings to detailed, varied explorations of the often-conflicted human relationship to nature. These series included his "Philanthropy” (2010–11) works capturing donation objects set outside dwellings, his "Nurture" series (2014) exploring often-uneasy marriages of modest homes and outdoor vegetation, and his wide-ranging "Natural Light" project, which collectively examined dichotomies of nature and nurture, natural and unnatural, survival and destruction through images of wild or symbiotic, domestic, dead and synthetic plants and functioned metaphorically as vehicles to deeper meaning. Because the article is about an artist and his work, the omission of the image would significantly limit a reader's understanding and ability to understand this key later stage and body of work, which brought Priola ongoing recognition through exhibitions in major venues, coverage by major critics and publications, and museum acquisitions. Priola's work of this type and this series is discussed in the article and by critics cited in the article.

There is no free equivalent of this or any other of this series by J. John Priola, so the image cannot be replaced by a free image.

The image will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original due to its low resolution and the general workings of the art market, which values the actual work of art. Because of the low resolution, illegal copies could not be made.