While we were both studying at Middlesex, Lee Gamble asked me to take some photos of a rather mind-ticklingly brilliant setup that he had arranged in his bedroom with a hosepipe connected to a loud speaker illuminated by a periodic strobe:
Photographing images such as the ones above is a unique experience whereby one can compose a close up view of a particular feature that would normally be fleeting. So while the photographs may appear very similar to any photograph of splashing water taken with a flash, they are really something very different.
I’ve recreated a similar setup again and made this video, although it doesn’t document all of the interesting features of the real phenomena; I’d love to encourage people to recreate it for themselves, ideally.
