The INSIDER Summary:

• Melissa Kaseman took photos of what she found in her son’s pockets after a day at preschool.
• She noticed he had picked up elements of her own artistic style.
• She sees “Preschool Pocket Treasures” as a portrait of that stage of her son’s life.

When Melissa Kaseman would empty her son’s pockets after a day at preschool, she found an assortment of toys, art supplies, flowers, and crumpled pieces of paper. As a photographer whose minimalist style focuses on colour, she knew better than to throw them away.

Her photos series, “Preschool Pocket Treasures,” captures the whimsy of looking at the world through a child’s eyes, where collections of random, ordinary objects are prized possessions.

Kaseman spoke to INSIDER via email about this creative portrait of her preschooler’s imagination.

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