For many amateurs, photography is a way to escape professional stress: for example, wandering through a beautiful landscape with a camera, observing, feeling, and creating images. This process has much more to do with meditation than one might initially think. Torsten Andreas Hoffmann takes a new approach with this book: he relates Japanese Zen philosophy to artistic photography and shows that the path of meditation can make it easier to find the source of true inspiration. Meditation and photography have much in common: both are focused on the present moment, both require a high degree of attention, and both are most successful when the mind is free from distracting thoughts and biases. However, Hoffmann's foundation remains photography, complemented by his atmospheric images.