Found Objects

These are lost, abandoned, and discarded objects I found at scrap yards, old garages, and antique stores. I build sets with these objects and photograph them. Found objects are useful again, and they are happy to tell their stories. These are the stories of our lives.

Be with youBe with you

Be with you

If you own the story of your life you get to write the endingIf you own the story of your life you get to write the ending

If you own the story of your life you get to write the ending

Reading is the key that opens the door to knowledge, to meaning, and to adventureReading is the key that opens the door to knowledge, to meaning, and to adventure

Reading is the key that opens the door to knowledge, to meaning, and to adventure

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mindBe who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind

You are the one who's making the choiceYou are the one who's making the choice

You are the one who's making the choice

The things that made you weird as a kid make you great todayThe things that made you weird as a kid make you great today

The things that made you weird as a kid make you great today

We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams.We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams.

We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams.

Ugly ducklings will grow up as swans and all your scars will fade away. Make today the day you decide to spread your wings and finally be okay.Ugly ducklings will grow up as swans and all your scars will fade away. Make today the day you decide to spread your wings and finally be okay.

Ugly ducklings will grow up as swans and all your scars will fade away. Make today the day you decide to spread your wings and finally be okay.

You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choiceYou never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice

You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice

Words are the most powerful drugs known to mankindWords are the most powerful drugs known to mankind

Words are the most powerful drugs known to mankind

You are being called. The call is divine. - Igor Menaker Fine Art PhotographyYou are being called. The call is divine. - Igor Menaker Fine Art Photography

You are being called. The call is divine.

You are thrown into this world. And the world will ask you who you are. And if you don't know, the world will tell you.You are thrown into this world. And the world will ask you who you are. And if you don't know, the world will tell you.

You are thrown into this world. And the world will ask you who you are. And if you don't know, the world will tell you.

I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do.I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do.

I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do.

I contemplate the moment in the garden, the idea of allowing your own crucifixionI contemplate the moment in the garden, the idea of allowing your own crucifixion

I contemplate the moment in the garden, the idea of allowing your own crucifixion

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desiredLove is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired

She smiled and looked at meShe smiled and looked at me

She smiled and looked at me

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk through my garden foreverIf I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk through my garden forever

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk through my garden forever

A gentleman is someone who does not what he wants to do, but what he should doA gentleman is someone who does not what he wants to do, but what he should do

A gentleman is someone who does not what he wants to do, but what he should do

So what are you waiting for?So what are you waiting for?

So what are you waiting for?

Homage to Rene Magritte - Igor Menaker Fine Art PhotographyHomage to Rene Magritte - Igor Menaker Fine Art Photography

Homage to Rene Magritte

We all experience the world from within our own little personal bubbles - Igor Menaker Fine Art PhotographyWe all experience the world from within our own little personal bubbles - Igor Menaker Fine Art Photography

We all experience the world from within our own little personal bubbles

Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.

Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.

All I can do is be me, whoever that isAll I can do is be me, whoever that is

All I can do is be me, whoever that is

The price of light is less than the cost of darknessThe price of light is less than the cost of darkness

The price of light is less than the cost of darkness

That shining city upon a hillThat shining city upon a hill

That shining city upon a hill

What's done cannot be undoneWhat's done cannot be undone

What's done cannot be undone

We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after yearWe're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year

We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year

Right now we are alive. And in this moment, I swear, we are infinite.Right now we are alive. And in this moment, I swear, we are infinite.

Right now we are alive. And in this moment, I swear, we are infinite.

The way you set the world straight is by constraining the malevolence in your own heart - Igor Menaker Fine Art PhotographyThe way you set the world straight is by constraining the malevolence in your own heart - Igor Menaker Fine Art Photography

The way you set the world straight is by constraining the malevolence in your own heart

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the starsWe are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars

What if I fall? Oh, but my darling, what if you fly?What if I fall? Oh, but my darling, what if you fly?

What if I fall? Oh, but my darling, what if you fly?

A beauty neither of fine color, nor long eyelash, nor penciled brow, but of meaning, of movement, of radianceA beauty neither of fine color, nor long eyelash, nor penciled brow, but of meaning, of movement, of radiance

A beauty neither of fine color, nor long eyelash, nor penciled brow, but of meaning, of movement, of radiance