“The ordinary… is the part of our world where beauty is interlaced in each detail… It’s the part of our world that can knock our socks off… but so many of us walk by everyday, never knowing, never caring… But some see…” narrates 18-year-old filmmaker Dietrich Ludwig in his first production, hopefully of many to come. The video, which was shot on a digital SLR and an iPhone with a $25 budget for a pair of prop sunglasses, asks the viewer to contemplate what’s extraordinary about the ordinary.

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