This document summarizes and responds to the works of four artists: Robert Adams, Trevor Paglen, Hiroshi Sugimoto, and an unnamed artist. It discusses Adams' black and white photos of mundane suburban scenes and how he found hidden beauty in things he disliked. It then shows the author's photo responding to Adams by capturing the little details of beauty in an otherwise unremarkable scene of their yard. It discusses Paglen's photos capturing secret government sites and activities, and the author's own photo in response using tree branches backlit with flash in a similar style. It discusses Sugimoto's view of photography as a time machine and different perspective, and the author's black and white blurred photo of St.