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Stefan Engström
{K:24473} 5/4/2005
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Thank you Teresa - this (static) image is defined solely by the piece of glass the laser passes through.
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sds ddsds
{K:-82} 5/4/2005
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this is really amazing! i see you use laser pointer to create this images, but do you follow any specific mathematic theorem or something? looks like some geometric figure, a curve.. congrats again!
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Stefan Engström
{K:24473} 9/11/2004
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Hi Becky - thank you for your reactions to this image. They resonate with how I feel about this piece but you say it much better than I could :-)
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Becky V
{K:9699} 9/11/2004
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It amazes me how these images just keep getting better and better. I think I've found a new favourite!
This one reminds me of "Arc" but I like it much better because there's more here to absorb. I absolutely love how the rigid, dense, rectangular structure is twisted until it falls away into whispy nothingness. To me, it conveys an overwhelming theme of convention being attacked and/or warped. Or structure. The first word that popped into my head when I saw this was "anarchy".
I like how the twist is very decisive and powerful. I like the texture inside the rectangle and how it looks like a thumbprint. I'm not too keen on the small smudge to the left of the rectangle as I feel the uppermost part of this shape should be supercontained. (If that makes any sense at all).
I could look at this for hours . . . .
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Lucy Bernadette
{K:5806} 8/27/2004
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i just love this series and glad to see some more of it. the twist is the real eye-catcher of this piece, but wonder if maybe having a softer edge at the top-left might be a bit more subtle to match the other end of the diagonal?
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Stefan Engström
{K:24473} 8/26/2004
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Thank you Svend - I am glad you find these engaging. They are a bit like pencil drawings sometimes - particularly "Athena" strikes me that way. You can do this with digital too if you want to try yourself. Project a pattern onto a white screen and shoot away - there is a sprinkling of those kinds of captures in my portfolio as well. Email me if you have any questions.
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svend videbak
{K:7376} 8/26/2004
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Your Panalure pictures are fascinating. I keep returning to this one, it's an eye magnet. I think I understand how you have made this, thanks to your generous explanations. This picture is at once entirely concrete and completely mysterious. It's full of tones and textures, and what I like most of all is the calligraphic quality of its lines. "Musical" is the only word I can find to describe it. It's like a virtuoso drawing inspired by a work of music. (Any photograph that makes me think of drawing is excellent in my book.) Given the chance, I would want to try this technique. I think you should explore this more, but that's selfish of me, because I want to see the results! Rgds, Svend
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Stefan Engström
{K:24473} 8/24/2004
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Elangovan - thank you for you comment. One could consider these photograms since there is no camera involved, but given that the glass is much smaller than the paper it does not fit with the usual use of the term which involves putting things directly, or at least very close to the photographic paper. The reproductions of the prints are pretty faithful so this is close what the it looks as it comes out of developing, only larger, unless you have a huge monitor :-)
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Elangovan S
{K:10675} 8/24/2004
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Excellent. This is great as usual with the other images in this series. Stefan, just wondering, if you can consider these images as photograms, I guess so. Are these digital negatives or the paper itself is white?
Nice job.
Elangs.
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Stefan Engström
{K:24473} 8/23/2004
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Hi Paula - please see my reply to Verena.
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X Y
{K:860} 8/23/2004
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Very nice and interesting.
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Paula Goddard
{K:8492} 8/23/2004
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exquisite! what is kodak panalure, please?
:)
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Aira Manna
{K:11187} 8/23/2004
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this series is as unique as fascinating...
experimenting rocks!
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Stefan Engström
{K:24473} 8/23/2004
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Thank you Kim - in this secret world of glass, rectangular is a very unusual thing.
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Stefan Engström
{K:24473} 8/23/2004
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Fabio - I have pondered... Thank you for your encouragement.
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Kim Culbert
{K:37070} 8/23/2004
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Really nice use of flow in this one... I really like the soft curve and the slowly disappearing wisp of lines.
I feel that the top may be a little too uniform though... too much of a square on the left. I like the top portion of the square, but I find the bottom left edge is too dark and commands too much attention to keep with the flow. Perhaps just toning it down a little or making it less of a sharp edge would help to keep the motion.
Still, I think this series is fantastic... very eye-catching and inspiring.
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zosia zija
{K:11106} 8/23/2004
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fine
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emily savva
{K:21113} 8/23/2004
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beautiful abstract... again!!! great idea...
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Fabio Keiner
{K:81109} 8/23/2004
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did you ever ponder the idea of an exhibition of your abstract laser art? it would multiply the effect of each one, I think.
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Elzbieta
{K:3153} 8/23/2004
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Great composition of the lines, Stefan.
Cheers, Ela
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Steff
{K:436} 8/23/2004
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Yes!! Excellent!! I like people that experiment. I'll add ya if you don't mind.
Steff
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Hing Wong
{K:2545} 8/23/2004
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lovely curves
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Stefan Engström
{K:24473} 8/23/2004
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Thank you Verena - Kodak Panalure is a black and white photographic paper. It is intended for making b/w copies from color negatives, but I use it because it will register the red laser pointer I use to create these images. See "prehistoric" (right next to this one in my portfolio) for a little more detail.
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Verena Rentrop
{K:15233} 8/23/2004
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Hi Stefan,
from the thumb I thought it is cigarette fume, but can't be...
I have to ask, what is Panalure? you used no camera!?!
Being curious, please help out with some explanations.
Cheers,
Verena
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Marcia .
{K:16108} 8/23/2004
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Interesting abstract. Beautiful...
Congrats.
Márcia
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