Light Musings

I wake up. I choose Love. I choose Light.

hannahdollfacejones:

what amazing way to keep the art of calligraphy alive

walkingfearless:

exploring the gestures and movements of calligraphy, nantes-based artist kaalam (aka julien breton) 
has created a body of work that uses hand-held light and long-exposure photographic techniques to
capture the transient form within a real setting. often utilizing urban or historical sites as his
three-dimensional canvas, the self-taught artist creates his own latin-based alphabet that heavily draws 
from traditional arabic and eastern calligraphy. arresting and provocative, the floating light forms 
are not mere superimposed subjects but display a direct engagement with the surroundings. 

the capturing process, which can take as long as ten minutes, requires a choreographed movement 
which kaalam practices before hand in heavy repetition. different colours of ‘ink’ is achieved through 
pigmented gelatin which is applied directly onto the lamps. none of the photographs are retouched
or edited, illustrating the laborious process in a single shot.  

via designboom