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This article is not about "painter of light" Thomas Kinkade, but rather
less-established and extremely talented photographers, who use dynamic electric
light patterns to enhance the nature's given landscapes, or our bleak industrial
environments. In every case something luminous and strangely mesmerizing is
brought "to light", transforming the photograph into an entirely different
experience, and making our hearts beat faster.
It all started with Eric Staller
Eric Staller is a sculptor more known for the permanent artwork in public
places, but also for his experimentation with light. His light drawings and
sculptures date as far back as the late 70s (definitely in-line with the
disco-era sensibilities). He was perhaps the first photographer to paint light
into live urban environment:
Some of these New York light-scapes still look like perfect examples of the
technique. Simply glorious, after all these years.
No Lens, Only Intricate Light
Alan Jaras (aka "Reciprocity") captures surreal refraction patterns of light,
passing through molded plastic. Amazingly, these photos are made the "natural
way", without the use of a camera lens, or retouching by Photoshop. His flickr
photostream is one of the most interesting and adventurous on the web.
"Spicules of Light" by Alan Jaras
Light Among the Ruins
Abandoned & ghastly places achieve a new license to life with these urban light
explorations. The nameless artists responsible for these "graffitis of light"
perhaps live somewhere nearby and make it their creative statement to turn ugly
venues into canvases of "cleansing" light.
Some other examples of "painting with light":
(image credit: Sashnone)
(image credit: Kurbaga)
(original unknown)
Mystery and Melancholy of a Street
One word: "heavenly". This is how you can describe the apparitions created by
group LICHTFAKTOR. We already wrote about their previous works, but it seems
that angels of creativity continue to bestow their visitations upon this
enlightened urban clan. They go into the night and return with transcendental
glowing creations... like these:
(image credit: LICHTFAKTOR)
Spiritual Glow
Dean Chamberlain takes the inherent glow that all mysterious worship places
evoke in our heart, and brings it to the screen - his temple & palace interiors
are uplifting and mystifying at the same time:
Do you like seaside? Now you do.
It's impossible not to fall in love with the sea and the coast when seeing
photography of Toby Keller, aka BurnBlue. His light painting technique is often
subtle, and it's hard to tell where the natural light ends and the
"super"-natural light begins. Waves provide the long-exposure soft glow, and
deep blue ghost-like apparitions seem to lure us, mere mortals, into their
marvelous portals, and into an infinite light. (you have to excuse my purple
prose, these photos are simply too magical).
And yet, no matter how skillful you are as a painter, natural light is still the
winner. Here is very evocative shot of moonlight at sea:
and a riot of colors during sunset:
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