Footprints of two people walking on a sandy path next to green bushes.
Comparison of two grassy fields, one with frost-covered grass and the other with frost-free grass.
Landscape with open plains and a blue sky on the left, and a body of water with a navigational marker and distant shoreline on the right.
Two photos showing different fences: the left photo shows a brick fence topped with lush green foliage, and the right photo shows a red wooden fence with a small opening under a clear blue sky.
Sky filled with white and gray clouds, with a vertical brown pole in the middle.
Side-by-side images: the left shows a mostly empty parking lot with a brick wall and a sign, the right shows a food cart with people, behind a green fence, with scaffolding in the background.
Left side: A brown leaf on grey tiled sidewalk with a black shadow behind it. Right side: Green bushes behind a black chain-link fence.
Side-by-side images showing a close-up of a metal pipe with textured ridges and a landscape shot from above of a grassy field divided by a straight metal strip.
Comparison of two soil surfaces, left showing dry, rocky dirt with pebbles, right showing grass and plant-covered ground in shadow.
Close-up view of a dock cleat rusted on concrete with green water to the left, and a scene of a grassy shoreline with bushes and water under a cloudy sky to the right.
Dark storm clouds over a green forested hillside.
Side-by-side images of modern, minimalist architectural scenes. The left image shows a building with a brown upper section and a lower bright blue section. The right image depicts a pinkish-orange building facade with multiple windows and visible ext
A split view of two ceilings: the left showing a modern ceiling with horizontal white light strips and dark panels, the right presenting an ornate ceiling with intricate carvings and a blue scaffold.
Two close-up photographs of different ground surfaces: the left shows dirt and small rocks, and the right shows cracked pavement with concrete and asphalt.
Close-up of a dark, textured concrete wall with a vertical crack running through it.
Shadows of bars or railings cast on a textured surface, possibly a carpet or fabric, with light creating contrast in the scene.
An abstract blue textured art piece with a horizontal white line across the center and a close-up of peeling paint and wood with a string of orange leaves against a dark background.
Close-up of rusted industrial bolts on weathered metal surface and a layered brown cardboard material with a cloudy sky in the background.
Comparison of two textured wall surfaces, one with painted, cracked wood panels and the other with painted, cracked metal surface.
Silhouette of a desert rock formation at sunset reflected in calm water
Comparison of two textures: the left side shows a close-up of a wooden dock or deck with weathered planks, and the right side shows a sandy surface with footprints and two parallel metal or wooden bars embedded in the sand.
Two abstract images side by side: the left shows a gradient blue sky above a black silhouette of a horizon, the right depicts a dark, ribbed, curved structure with a white background and scattered points of light resembling stars.
A rusty, half-sunken basketball hoop standing on a grassy field under a cloudy sky, with a blurred white wall or object partially blocking the right side of the view.
A close-up of three different wall textures: metal, drywall, and concrete.
Side-by-side comparison of two cracks on different surfaces: the left shows a crack with a clump of dirt on a paved surface with grass nearby; the right shows a more narrow, straight crack on a concrete surface.
Close-up of a cracked concrete sidewalk with red spray-painted arrow pointing downward

Take Half

(2022-Present)

Take Half is an ongoing fine art photography series by Asheville-based photographer Adam Chapin, begun in 2022, built on a single deceptively simple premise: center the break.
In daily life, fairness is almost impossible to see. We cannot measure how much we have given in a relationship versus how much we have taken. We cannot quantify how much of a task we carried, how much of our potential we have honored, how much of our time we have spent well or wasted. The lines that would tell us are invisible, contested, or simply don’t exist.
But in photography, the line is right there. The crack in a sidewalk. The seam between a curb and the grass. A fence post dissolving into landscape. Align the break with the center of the frame, find a composition that is emotionally and formally balanced, and suddenly the world offers something it almost never does in real life — an honest, unambiguous half.
Take Half is not a series about photography. It is a series about the human need for equity in a world that rarely provides it, and the small, persistent satisfaction of finding it anyway — one perfectly divided frame at a time.