Garuda Indonesia Colours Magazine April 2019 | Page 19

Masterclass
masterclass
Art Photography: Liquid and Magnetism
Andrew Hall
Andrew Hall is
a photographer based
in Los Angeles. He
has more than 30
years’ experience
photographing
elements as diverse
as moving liquids,
smoke and vapour, the
patterns of sound and
the harmonic beauty
of magnetic fields. At
present, he combines
his studio work with
running The School
of Light, a thriving
educational centre
keeping traditional
processes not only
alive, but experimental
and relevant. His other
works can be seen at
andrewhallphoto.com
and andrewhalleditions.
com.
Andrew Hall adalah
fotografer kelahiran
Inggris yang tinggal
di Los Angeles.
Berpengalaman lebih
dari 30 tahun dalam
bidang elemen
fotografi, beragam
cairan, asap dan
uap, pola suara serta
harmoni indah ladang
magnetik. Saat ini,
selain bekerja di
studio, Hall juga
mengelola The
School of Light,
pusat pendidikan yang
tidak hanya menjaga
keberlangsungan
fotografi analog tetapi
juga eksperimen yang
relevan dengannya.
Karya Hall lainnya
dapat dilihat di
andrewhallphoto.com
dan andrewhalleditions.
com
While being profoundly influenced by natural
rhythms and patterns of growth, my recent
images have explored the relationships in
the physics of fluid dynamics and the divine
geometry of what’s called ‘cymatics’ – visible
sound vibrations. Berlatar ketertarikan mendalam akan
perubahan irama dan pola-pola alam, foto-foto
saya ambil mengeksplorasi kaitan erat antara
fisik fluida dinamis dengan elegannya bentuk
geometris yang diciptakan oleh cymatics—
gelombang suara yang dapat dilihat.
Photographing the effect of music as
it passes through liquid reveals the pattern
of sounds, of sounds becoming vision. This is
called ‘cymatics’, from the Ancient Greek word
kyma, meaning ‘wave’, which merges the fields
of sound, geometry, light and mathematics
to present images created by frequencies
of all kinds. Memotret efek musik saat melewati
cairan hingga tercipta pola suara, lalu
berkembang menjadi bentuk yang dapat dilihat.
Hal ini disebut cymatics, dari bahasa Yunani
Kuno, "kyma", artinya ‘gelombang’, yang
menyatukan suara, garis geometris, cahaya
dan hitungan tersendiri hingga terciptalah
aneka citra dari berbagai frekuensi.
A Thousand Voices
From the same series as ‘Anapurna’, here
we see a further example of the dramatic
sense of three-dimensional form created
by different coloured liquids as they
simultaneously resist, attract and mix with
each other. When any reference to the scale
of the actual shot is removed, the viewer’s
imagination is allowed to freely interpret the
image as anything from a galaxy, light years
across, to a microscopic MRI scan. Dari serial Anapurna, kita melihat bentuk
tiga dimensi nan dramatis yang tercipta dari
sejumlah cairan warna-warni, di mana cairan-
cairan tersebut saling menolak, menarik dan
bercampur. Ketika skala pembanding yang
digunakan saat pemotretan dihilangkan,
penikmat foto bebas berimajinasi,
menerjemahkan gambar mulai dari galaksi
dalam jarak tahun cahaya hingga hasil
pemindaian mikroskopik MRI.
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