One of the things I love about photography is its ability to turn something ugly into something beautiful. Better said, perhaps, is that photography can isolate beauty in a subject. I don’t remember who said it or if I’m even paraphrasing correctly, but some photographer said that there is always a spectacular photo within 20 steps – you just have to find it. I love that an image of something that might be considered ugly can become “art”. This is most obvious in photographs of “urban decay” (we photographers love this stuff) but also something as simple as weeds.