Light paintings (14 images)

In 2020, a group of scientists managed to produce matter through the collision of two powerful laser light sources. An extremely fascinating concept that may help to understand the essence of the universe and its inner workings.

In this project, I adopt the opposite approach. Rather than combining light beams to obtain greater energy, I break them up, opening the doors to the unpredictable. I take laser light sources, which by definition maintain their coherence so that light...
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In 2020, a group of scientists managed to produce matter through the collision of two powerful laser light sources. An extremely fascinating concept that may help to understand the essence of the universe and its inner workings.

In this project, I adopt the opposite approach. Rather than combining light beams to obtain greater energy, I break them up, opening the doors to the unpredictable. I take laser light sources, which by definition maintain their coherence so that light can be focused into a very narrow beam, and I disrupt that coherence.

This process allows me to use light like brushes and create what I call light paintings. The resulting images have a three-dimensional property, where different colours of light appear to exist at different levels of depth.

Ultimately my light paintings are a metaphor: the universe functions on fields and energy. Light can be interpreted as both, with which small miracles can be achieved. Light, which us humans came to know through the sun and then fire, may indeed be a core ingredient in the recipe of the universe. For certain, light is a fundamental element for the creation of photographic art.
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