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Title:Acuaria 02
Acuaria 02 depicts abstract macro arrangement of floating droplets and loose transparent folds that resemble dreamy underwater landscape inhabited by vibrant, glowing, mysterious life. The miniature composition was made from soft, translucent organic gels and other organic materials and the photography was taken in the cross-polarized light.
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... |
