International Color Awards

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Still Life nominees

Aperia
Title:Aperia
Aperia is a miniature life form made from soft, translucent organic gels which have photoelastic properties or glow when subjected to deformation and captured in cross-polarized light


Elzbieta (Ela) Kurowska
Canada



Biography: Elzbieta (Ela) Kurowska is a photographer and a biochemist with PhD, living in Canada. In her works, Ela combines her love for capturing the world through the lens with her passion for science and experimenting. Six years ago, she developed a novel photography technique based on photoelasticity, an old visualization method from the field of material engineering. To create her artwork, Ela uses unique materials – soft, translucent organic gels. The tiny structures that she builds from these gels have ability to transform into images of otherworldly life made of light and vivid colors...