The Elements in Golden Ratio

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This 2005 collage series was inspired by the ancient concept of the elements - earth, air, fire, and water - and continues the formal exploration of the Golden Rectangle seen in my other recent collages. I created four sets of collages within the Elements series, each set based on four images representing the elements, and five macro- or microphotos representing life or living things (the combination and integration of all four elements). In each set I created four coiled Golden Rectangles (aspect ratio = 1: 1.618), four proportional offset squares, five mandalas, four square-root of 5 collages (aspect ratio = 1: 2.236), and four 1 + 3(Φ)collages (aspect ratio= 1: 2.854). 

These collages were created entirely within Photoshop using photographic images that were scanned at 3200 dpi for slides, or digital macro images taken using a Nikon D-70 SLR. Film microphotos were taken using a Zeiss M35 camera mounted on a Zeiss phase contrast microscope, and a Nikon F2 body mounted on an Olympus dissection microscope. Macrophotos were taken with Nikon F-100 and D-70 bodies using 55-mm and 60-mm AF Micro Nikkor lenses and a 90-mm Tamron SP Macro lens.

Click on the images or links below to view this work. Limited edition (n=100) prints are available.  Source images are available for licensed use. Please email me for details.


JPG image that links to the Elements Series Offset Proportional Squares collages

Click Here or on the left image to view 16 Offset Proportional Squares collages.

JPG image that links to the Elements Series Mandala collages

Click Here or on the left image to view 20 Mandala proportional collages.

JPG image that links to the Elements Series Coiled Golden Rectangle collages

Click Here or on the left image to view 16 Coiled Golden Rectangle proportional collages.

JPG image that links to the Elements Series Square Root of Five proportional collages

Click Here or on the left image to view 16 Square Root of 5 proportional collages.

JPG image that links to the Elements Series One plus 3-Phi collages

Click Here or on the left image to view 16 One + 3(Φ) proportional collages.

JPG image that links to the Elements Series Coiled Golden Rectangle collages

Click Here or on the left image to view 20 Life source images for the Elements Series collages.

JPG image that links to the source images for the Elements Series collages

Click Here or on the left image to view 16 source images for the Elements Series collages.


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