Although I was not allowed to photographically search for the spirit of Chile’s Nobel Prize winning poet Pablo Neruda inside of his incredible La Sebastiana home, I was free to search for it outside the house. A curving bench made out of copper overlooks the home's lush gardens. At one end of the bench, Neruda himself still sits, only as a copper silhouette. I shot the silhouette in shadow, making his presence almost palpable. What makes this picture work is the illusion created by abstraction. At first glance, we can’t tell if we are looking at person or not. A closer look tells us it’s not -- a very thin trail of light on the back of the neck and shoulder gives the game away. It is the interplay between illusion and reality that makes this image resonate.