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August 20, 2026

By Gesso Art

Why we hang photographs low

A note on the most common question about What the Tide Leaves.

Two visitors, one seated on a low bench, looking at a large estuary photograph hung low on a white wall

Visitors often ask why Mariko Hale’s photographs are hung so low. The answer is that she wants you to stand in the landscape, not look up at it.

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