A woman hides in silt and sediment in this award-winning underwater photo by Lee Jongkee. The motion of her plunge sends water spinning downward, where it picks up particles from Keep reading
Category: Art
Paddling Pathlines
Rainbow lines cut through the darkness in photographer Stephen Orlando’s images of a kayak in motion. Equipped with an LED-lined paddle, Olympic kayaker Adam van Koeverden paddled along the waterfront Keep reading
“FLOW”
We live in a world of fluids. We breathe them, move through them, and have them move in us. “FLOW” is a celebration of that pervasive motion, animated from hand-drawn Keep reading
“Dark Matter”
In “Dark Matter” photographer Alberto Seveso captures billowing black pigment against a bright red backdrop. Seveso excels at capturing the developing turbulence in sinking fluids. I’m always blown away by Keep reading
“Elements”
Photographer Mikko Lagerstedt specializes in Nordic landscapes, like the windswept snow seen here. I love the way he’s captured the snow that gets picked up and blown by the wind. Keep reading
Paint Ejection
Shaking paint on a speaker cone and filming it in high speed is an oldie but a goodie. Here, artist Linden Gledhill films paint ejection at 10,000 frames per second, Keep reading
“Turbulence”
In his recent short film, artist Roman De Giuli explores turbulence using metallic paints and inks in a fishtank. The effects are beautiful: sparkling pigments dispersing in clouds, mushroom- and Keep reading
“aBiogenesis”
Many theories posit the physical and chemical origins of life. In the short film “aBiogenesis”, CGI artist Markos Kay imagines one such theory — the lipid world theory — in Keep reading
“Iridescent”
Soft colors and sudden coalescence combine in this short film from Susi Sie’s team. The visuals rely on liquid lenses (likely oil) floating atop a water bath. You can see Keep reading
“The Dark Days”
“The Dark Days” is the third film in artist Thomas Blanchard’s N-UPRISING series. Like its siblings, this film features plants and insects, along with creeping — and sometimes overwhelming — Keep reading