You rush to the window for a look: Every tree-top branch is traced with careful white lines, while the grass, the walk, the streets have all but been erased. The din of traffic has been swept away, replaced with an almost church-like hush. There’s a certain kind of magic to snow that transforms our surroundings this way. It causes us to bask a moment and reflect on what its heavy cover does to us as well as the landscape.

Snowbound is a meditative collection of Lisa M. Robinson’s photographs (many are viewable on her site.) Taken over the course of five winters, the images simply feature ordinary objects and places against a backdrop of snow.

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