As a highly visual, astute, and rapid observer of the world around him, photographer Frank Ockenfels 3 takes in an abundance of images that serve as artistic stimuli for his creative mind. A process of collision, collusion, and collaboration is the g enesis of his creativity, leading to the transformation of a photographic image into something else, a "re-presentation" of what he saw through the lens. It becomes a new form that communicates a new message, a new meaning often conveying a more pow erfully emotional visual statement.