Mirage 28: Nude in a Sea of Blue

In these photographs I’m using polished sheets of aluminum. I purposely look for scratched, dented and just plain messed up sheets.  I then polish them by hand and add scoring, dents, pockmarks and other surface features.  The result is a multifaceted surface that generates a surreal image in reflection.  The lighting is a combination of strobes and LED Christmas lights (lots of em!).  Nothing is done in post except to edit out the clamps that hold up the sheets.  I love how the lights swirl around Mara, like bio-luminescent jellyfish and Mara herself dissolves into a vortex of darkness.  Enjoy!

Lucas James is a fine art photographer based in Manchester, NH.  Anisotropic Images Photography.