Visual storytelling using gravitational wave imagery

This body of work explores the visible expression of wave phenomena through water, light, and analogue photographic processes. Drawing from scientific principles underlying resonance, vibration, and interference, these images are created in the studio as physical experiments in which liquid becomes both subject and medium.

The works reference the broader scientific context of wave theory and gravitational research, translating abstract forces into tangible visual form. Rather than relying on simulation or illustration, each image records an actual event: light interacting with vibrating liquid surfaces, revealing complex geometries, rhythmic structures, and transient patterns that exist only for fractions of a second.

Historically, visual representations of wave mechanics and cosmological phenomena have often relied on interpretive or illustrative methods. This series seeks instead to ground such ideas in physical reality, allowing wave behaviour to be observed directly through controlled, repeatable studio conditions. The resulting images occupy a space between scientific inquiry and formal abstraction, where empirical process and aesthetic resolution converge.

Produced entirely in-camera, these works form part of an ongoing investigation into the mechanics of water, light, and perception. Within the context of The Legacy Collection, they function as both independent visual studies and as archival records of a long-term exploration into the relationship between physics and photographic practice.

All images in this series are available as rights-managed works for editorial, institutional, and creative use.