BEVIL TEMPLETON-SMITH
Polychromo

My photographs in this set are part of a project I have been working on for the past two years which joins my passion for photography and my joy of learning layman's science. I started with the purchase of a series of very old (>50 year old) research microscopes. Then a complicated process of perfecting the connection of my modern digital camera to them. The main microscope is set up with polarising filters and various experimental wave plates. The result is a set of beautiful vistas of shape and colour when viewing crystals of various substances, with which I have endlessly experimented (melting, dissolving, and concocting). The results are entirely real photographs of crystals of mixtures of sweeteners and other substances. 16 large Chromaluxe prints of this work was selected for inclusion in a successful joint exhibition called Polychromo at Alveston Fine Art in March 2023. Additionally, I was very proud to win the IPA Fine Art Photographer of the Year 23 with a series of 10 of them

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