Space landscapes with the scent of Scotch whiskey. Vanishing Spirits art project by Ernie Button

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

About a man who has become too addicted to alcohol, they say that he got into the habit of "looking into a bottle." This hobby is shared by the photographer by name Ernie Button, except that he looks not into the bottle, but into the glass, and he prefers empty and unwashed glasses. Armed with a camera with a macro lens, Ernie Button takes pictures of dishes containing single malt scotch tape. Evaporating, the drink leaves very picturesque stains on the walls, and if you embellish them with multi-colored illumination, then through the lens you can see Martian landscapes, unknown planets and galaxies, long fiery tunnels to the very center of the earth, and next to them - icy roads to the kingdom of eternal snow. The colorful art project was named Vanishing spirits … It should be noted that the work of this photographer always attracts attention with its originality. Ernie Button knows how to see something unusual, original, amazing even in the most simple, familiar and everyday life. And masterfully uses his talent. So, we have already written about one of his art projects called Cerealism, wonderful landscapes from cereal. Probably, the author actually looks at the world from some special angle, which makes it possible for him to notice a diamond among the glass, to distinguish gold from gilding, and silver from an alloy of simple metals.

Ernie Button noticed the amazing patterns left by the tape on the walls of the glasses quite by accident when he cleared the table after the guests left. The photographer was attracted by the Scotch whiskey glasses, flashing from the sides in the rays of the setting sun, and he noticed what bizarre reflections they left on the shiny surface of the polished table. Experimenting with light, color and tape, the photographer found out that evaporating alcohol "draws" amazing patterns on the walls of glasses, no worse than frosty lace on frozen windows. Different types of Scotch whiskeys - different designs on the glasses, and that's all in the Vanishing Spirits art project.

The photographer intends to continue experimenting until he compiles a series of space landscapes with the aromas of all varieties of Scotch whiskey. You can also admire a collection of amazing macro photos on the Ernie Button website.