So real it looks fake.

At least that's what my grandmother used to say when she saw a bouquet of beautiful flowers. Then again, in New York City, there are tons of bodegas selling flowers that have been colored or sensory enhanced (I just made that expression up, but it fits the bill). Blues and fuchsias that look like popsicles. There's something about Jeffrey Vanhoutte's photography that reminds me of this. Real but fake, raw but posed. Either way, it's magnetic.