Somewhere Near Nowhere: Photographs From Places, Things and Nothing

Somewhere Near Nowhere: Photographs From Places, Things and Nothing

Seeing the Ordinary Anew In Somewhere Near Nowhere: Photographs From Places, Things and Nothing , Dr. Robbie King invites readers to slow down and rediscover the beauty hiding in plain sight. Taken entirely on a phone and edited with the same simplicity, these photographs are not meant to impress—but to express. They are moments of stillness, fragments of light, and quiet reminders that even the most overlooked corners of the world hold their own kind of wonder. King’s images find grace in concrete, poetry in machinery, and calm in the chaos of everyday life. Accompanied by a personal introduction on the art of seeing, Somewhere Near Nowhere is less about photography and more about presence—the act of noticing, of pausing, of simply being. For those who have ever stopped to admire the way light hits a wall, or how color lives in forgotten places, this book offers a companion for that kind of looking. It is an homage to simplicity, and to the small miracles that surround us when we take the time to see them. About the Author: Dr. Robbie King is a clinical psychologist, aeronautical engineer, historian, scientist, economist, value investor, music composer, singer, humorist, digital artist, photographer, linguist, theologian, social critic, former professional strongman and powerlifter, and multi-genre author with 104 published books across disciplines. He has written and published in all ten categories of the Dewey Decimal System—making him the first author in history to do so, surpassing Isaac Asimov’s record of nine. In 2024, he broke Barbara Cartland’s world record for the most books written and published in a single year, with thirty-nine. The youngest author ever to reach one hundred published works, Dr. King is one of the most prolific and versatile authors in the world today.