{"id":42717,"date":"2025-11-01T07:47:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T11:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=42717"},"modified":"2025-11-01T07:45:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T11:45:45","slug":"tracking-the-light-out-of-the-shadows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tracking-the-light-out-of-the-shadows\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracking the Light out of the shadows."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is my first Tracking the Light post since September 11, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On that day, I learned that my father had passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although, I&#8217;ve continued to make photographs, I didn&#8217;t have within me the words to post here. I couldn&#8217;t write knowing that my dad wouldn&#8217;t be reading my words. 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