WORKS IN SERIES
Wunderkammer
Wunderkammer is a German word. If directly translated to English it would mean Wonder-Chamber or Room of Wonder. In a room of wonder personal collections of objects that reflected the interests of the collector were stored. They often held relics of scientific innovation, historic artifacts, and biological or geological samples. The first rooms date back to the early 1600s and were the precursors to museums.
This would be my photographic wunderkammer.
THE FIRST X-RAY IMAGE TAKEN IN NORTH AMERICA HANGING AT MCGILL UNIVERSITY IN MONTREAL, CANADA, 2022.
CUEVAS DE MARMOL OR MARBLE CAVES ARE LOCATED ON A PENINSULA OF SOLID MARBLE BORDERING LAKE GENERAL CARRERA, A REMOTE GLACIAL LAKE THAT SPANS THE CHILE-ARGENTINA BORDER. CHILE, 2016.
THE MAGLEV TRAIN IN SHANGHAI IS THE FASTEST TRAIN IN THE WORLD. THE USE OF OPPOSING MAGNETIC FIELDS ALLOWS THE TRAIN TO TRAVEL AT PEAK SPEEDS OF OVER 300KM AN HOUR. SHANGHAI, 2011.
IN 1974 LABOURERS DIGGING A WELL IN NORTHWEST CHINA UNEARTHED FRAGMENTS OF A CLAY FIGURE - THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF WHAT WOULD TURN OUT TO BE THE GREATEST ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS OF MODERN TIMES. NEAR THE UNEXCAVATED TOMB OF QIN SHI HUANGDI - THE FIRST EMPEROR OF CHINA LAY AN ENTIRE ARMY OF TERRACOTTA SOLDIERS AND HORSES BURIED FOR OVER 2000 YEARS. XI'AN, CHINA, 2011.
PRIMNOA CORAL PRESERVED HERE IN ETHANOL IS NORMALLY FOUND AT GREAT DEPTHS BUT ON THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST IN KNIGHTS INLET SPECIFICALLY IT GROWS NOT ONLY IN SHALLOW WATERS BUT TO ENORMOUS UNDERWATER HEIGHTS. VICTORIA, CANADA, 2022
SPIDER WEB IN PUCON, CHILE, 2016
LENTICULAR CLOUD FORMATION, ARGENTINA, 2016
ORCA WHALE SKULL, SALT SPRING ISLAND, CANADA, 2018
DRYING SQUID IN LOMBOK, INDONESIA, 2012.
THE CALDERA OF THE VILLARRICA VOLCANO, PUCON, CHILE, 2016
IRON POT FOUND IN CHILLON CASTLE IN MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND, 2021.
A WEARABLE ROBOTIC DEVICE USED TO HELP PARAPLEGIC HUMANS WALK, VANCOUVER, CANADA 2018
DETAILED CARVING ON SKULL, BALI, INDONESIA, 2012
ZOOPLANKTON ARE ORGANISMS DRIFTING IN OCEANS, SEAS, AND BODIES OF FRESHWATER. THE WORD "ZOOPLANKTON" IS DERIVED FROM THE GREEK "ZOON" MEANING ANIMAL, AND "PLANKTOS MEANING WANDERER OR DRIFTER. WHICH I FIND POETIC. SAMPLE TAKEN FROM THE PACIFIC OCEAN, PHOTOGRAPHED UNDER A MICROSCOPE 2017.
AURORA BOREALIS ARE MOST OFTEN SEEN IN THE POLAR REGIONS OF THE PLANET, AND ARE THE RESULT OF CHARGED PARTICLES FROM THE SUN THAT INTERACT WITH THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE. WHITEHORSE, CANADA, 2017.
THE SALTON SEA'S LARGE IN-FLOW OF WATER IN 1905 WAS AN ENGINEERING ACCIDENT. THEY FILLED THE HISTORICALLY DRY LAKE BED AND CREATED A MODERN SEA. THE SEA COULD NEVER BE SUSTAINED WITHOUT FRESH WATER AND SALINITY LEVELS EXCEEDED 5% OF REGULAR SEA WATER. IN 2014 THE YEAR I TOOK THIS PHOTO HUGE PARTS OF THE LAKE BED WERE EXPOSED. CALIFORNIA, USA, 2014.
FEMALE GREY WHALE FINS - DUG UP AT THE DUMP IN TOFINO BRITISH COLUMBIA WHERE THEY WERE PUT TO DECOMPOSE FOUR YEARS PRIOR. TOFINO, CANADA, 2018.
SNAKES ARE WIDELY CONSIDERED TO POSSESS MEDICINAL QUALITIES IN VIETNAM. THEY ARE KNOWN TO CURE THINGS LIKE FARSIGHTEDNESS, AND HAIR LOSS. SNAKE ALCOHOL, OFTEN MADE FROM VENOMOUS SNAKES, IS SAID TO HELP FIGHT BACK PAIN, DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS, AND LEPROSY. MEKONG DELTA, VIETNAM, 2012.
THE TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY IS OVER 7000KM LONG WHICH MAKES IT THE 2ND LONGEST CONTINUOUS ROAD IN THE WORLD. THIS SECTION THROUGH KICKING HORSE PASS, NEAR GOLDEN BC WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT TO BUILD AND NEEDS CONSTANT MAINTENANCE.