Refraction
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These four frames of multi-coloured light came about through a moment of almost inconsequential observation, on an ordinary morning.
I was in one of the bedrooms at my mother’s house in Essex, eastern England, and caught sight of a patch of light on the wall. It was like a rainbow had collapsed onto a flat surface.
It took some time to discover the source of this prism – in another bedroom across the hallway, strong sunlight had caught a silver photograph frame and was throwing its refraction many metres into this mesmerising fallen arc of colour.
I took some shots of this as it changed form and threatened to disappear altogether. Back in London, I simply softened the frames to remove the texture of the wall, which blended the stripes of red, orange, indigo, violet, green and blue.
Just a small moment of colour caught for good…
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A real moment of an “artistic happening” and all while getting dressed. Is there no end to this man’s talent. Great images Mike.
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Wow, thank you James. High praise indeed. Perhaps the bit about getting dressed was a little too much information :) But you have to drop everything for creative pursuits…
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Beautiful. I can just see you hunting about for the source – I do the same thing myself!
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Yes, it took some time to pin it down! I was in the midst of getting dressed when I noticed the rainbow patch – highly inconvenient yet irresistible :)
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Beautiful moments frozen in time – remarkable eye!
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Thank you very much, Laura! I’m glad I had the camera close at hand.
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Very Rothko-esque! Lovely collection!
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Thank you Marianne :) It was slightly odd how it all came about…
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Nice, ethereal images… I see a white wall with a large canvas print of one of these on it! :)
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Why thanks Richard :) I uploaded one to Redbubble and it’s a great fit for frames and all other products (salespitchsalespitch!)
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