Video: One grain of sand, two grain of sand: Gary Greenberg's mesmerizing macro photography
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Probably every child knows that there are no two identical snowflakes in the world (and "Culturology" talked about snow under a microscope in Kenneth Libbrecht's photo project). But other micro-objects are no less amazing. A series of shots by American Gary Greenberg shows ordinary grains of sand in all their glory. If you look very closely, armed with special equipment, it turns out that we are trampling on the most beautiful stones and do not even notice it.
What happens if the grains of sand are increased by more than 250 times? The monotonous light yellow breed will sparkle with new colors, turning into multi-colored bizarre pebbles. This is what an American professor, Ph. D., a man with a microscope, and now a camera Gary Greenberg is doing. At 67 years old, he is full of energy and fascinated by the beauty of the world.
“Whenever I look through a microscope, I am amazed at how complex and unique the creations of nature are,” says biologist and photographer Gary Greenberg. And how interesting it must be to explore sand from different parts of the globe. It took Gary Greenberg 5 years to find new material. During this time, he published several collections of macro photography - books about the charm that we trample under our feet.
In order for us to be able to see all these pieces of shells and pieces of volcanic rock, Gary Greenberg first photographs each exhibit separately, from different angles, and then combines the images. The result is a picture that cannot be laid out under a microscope. It can take a photographer several hours to beautifully capture one tiny grain of sand.
When does a serious scientist, who has a permanent job and scientific interests, manage to engage in sand photo sessions? The fact is that the American Gary Greenberg lives in Hawaii, and there is a beach not far from his laboratory, where you can always learn something new for amazing pictures. True, in unusual photographs you can see sand from all over the world: from Japan to Ireland.
For example, a funny star-shaped grain of sand was found on the beach of Taketomi Island (Japan), a purple shell-sand grain comes from Fanor Island (Ireland), and the multicolored participants in the last "group photo" are indigenous Hawaiians.
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