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Patterns: Art of the Natural World

Born in the stillness of the pandemic’s early days, this book traces a journey from a single rocky shoreline in Northern California to wild places across the globe, united by one pursuit: the quiet patterns hidden in nature.

What began as evening walks along a beach evolved into a practice of looking deeper, discovering miniature mountain ranges in stones, mirrored textures in ice and desert, and echoes between the cellular and the cosmic. From Arctic ice caves to East African salt lakes, these photographs reveal the recurring geometries and rhythms that connect all things—the fingerprints left by wind, water, fire, and time.

Part travelogue, part meditation, this book invites us to slow down and see the Earth anew: not just as scenery, but as story.

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Some photo books not only exceed expectations, they transcend them.
—FRAMES Magazine

A beautiful visual love letter to nature and all its intricate patterns, from microscopic and rarely-seen to vast and majestic. McCormack wanted to surprise people and he succeeds. The beginning of wonder becomes the beginning of care.
—PetaPixel

A meditation on the geometric patterns that define our planets most breathtaking landscapes and ecosystems. …the reader will savour images that range from microscopic mineral blooms to vast aerial geometries, gathered from across the world.
—Digital Camera, Spring 2026