Haiku is a traditional Japanese form of poetry comprised of seventeen sounds or syllables in a strict pattern of 5, 7, 5. A haiku also contains a reference to the natural world, preferably dealing with a specific season. In the English form, a haiku conveys a sometimes complex and strong emotion in a skeletal or raw form, devoid of extraneous words. Haiku has been described as capturing a moment in time with words that somehow convey more than what is apparent. It is an "Aha" moment - the clap of hands, the clang of a bell. That moment of startling revelation is what the haiku poet seeks.

The images in this gallery strive to achieve a similar simplicity of statement of complex emotions and concepts using a visual language. The images are simple and straightforward, often capturing everyday scenes that the observer is asked to see again.