Fractaloscopic Images

As an experimental photographer, I like to play with colours and shapes and create images that beguile the eye and capture imagination. To achieve this, I have made a series of optical devices that I can attach to my camera. All these tools are made from household materials and created by hand without the use of any specialist equipment.

Honey Mushrooms

How I shot this image:

Step 1.

I glued pieces of a broken mirror inside a small plastic tube. I call this device a Fractaloscope. The light coming inside the tube is reflected over multiple facets, which creates a fractal-like effect.

Step 2.

I took a spare CD and scratched its surface with a soldering iron.

Step 3.

I photographed the surface of the CD with the Fractaloscope attached to my camera lens.

The Tunnel

How I shot this image:

Step 1.

I cut two spirals out of a cardboard tube.

Step 2.

I glued pieces of a broken glass inside one spiral and fragments of a CD on the other.

Step 3.

I put the two spirals together so that they formed the original tube shape.

Step 4.

I shot a long-exposure photograph through the Fractaloscpe while I turned it clockwise.

Step 5.

I edited the image and turned it black and white.

Portal

How I shot this image:

Step 1.

I made a triangular Fractaloscope using pieces of broken mirror and a sheet of cork.

Step 2.

I gathered CD pieces and some other materials and then photographed them through the Fractaloscope.

Quantum Tree

How I shot this image:

Step 1.

I attached three lenses extracted from magnifying glasses to a cardboard hood. I positioned the lenses so that they overlap and distort the image.

Step 2.

I attached the hood to a metal tube and inserted a simple Fractaloscope (such as the one I used to capture the first image)

Step 3.

I took a picture through the Fractaloscope and then adjusted it with a photo editing software.