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‘Lensless’ Photography – 30 Amazing Refractographs by Alan Jaras

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Alan Jaras has mastered the art of creating some amazing images called refractographs.

Using traditional photographic techniques and pieces of complex shaped glass and plastics I project these patterns directly on to colour film. The resulting images and photographs that you see are purely analogue and are not computer generated, but a true representation of the patterns formed by the light beam after its complex journey through the refractive objects I create. This is ‘lensless’ photography – here the object itself becomes the lens.

Here are 30 examples of Alan’s work. These are taken from his refraction of light experiments called taming light, twisting light, and bending light.

Taming Light

A Gathering of Light

White Light Contained

Seeds of Light

Cosmic Light

Out of The Blue

Release

A Garland of Light

A Garland of Light II

Primaeval Soup

Hanging Light

Twisting Light

Twisted Light

Gathered Light

Alien Light Forms

Jewels of Light

Animal Dance

Thrashing About

Strange Creatures in a Red Sea

Microscopic Lifeforms of Light

Woven Stardust

Underwater Explosion

Bending Light

Optical Wings

Circle of Confusion

Light Pattern No. 3

Flames of Light

Petals of Light

Beam me up!

Explosion of Light

Caught in a Web of Light

A Strange Form of Light

Blue Light in Turmoil

Want to learn how to do this? Check out Photojojo’s tutorial on how to make refractographs.

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