I don’t know what to call this series. A collision between synesthesia, optical illusions, and my wanting to say something queer.

From my early sketches, I decided the simplest thing to do would be taping the ribbons around the lens barrel; the front of it being my picture plane.

I was so enthusiastic to try this out, I didn’t verify the radiator and electrical outlet were out of the shot.

I hadn’t actually considered the ribbons could be used like a color filter. I think I’ll be playing with this using long exposures and maybe try out some stop animations.

I also played with it in conjunction with my new kaleidoscopic prism filters. These turned out unbelievably cool:

Like… I hadn’t even thought about what would happen to the lines and sense of movement.