... exploring the gestures and movements of calligraphy, nantes-based artist kaalam (aka julien breton) has created a body of work that uses hand-held light and long-exposure photographic techniques to capture the transient form within a real setting. often utilizing urban or historical sites as his three-dimensional canvas, the self-taught artist creates his own latin-based alphabet that heavily draws from traditional arabic and eastern calligraphy. arresting and provocative, the floating light forms are not mere superimposed subjects but display a direct engagement with the surroundings.
,,, the capturing process, which can take as long as ten minutes, requires a choreographed movement which kaalam practices before hand in heavy repetition. different colours of ‘ink’ is achieved through pigmented gelatin which is applied directly onto the lamps. none of the photographs are retouched or edited, illustrating the laborious process in a single shot.via nerdcore.
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Thanks to Kaalam for the information!!! The video above is from Marko 93. Below you will find some very nice light calligraphy by Kaalam (via designboom). So sorry for the irritation and thanks again, Kalaam, for this fantastic work :-)))
'last train'
brooklyn, new york, USA
photograph by david gallard
image © julien breton
'undercover'
brooklyn bridge, new york, USA
photograph by david gallard
image © julien breton
'freedom'
worksop, england
photograph by david gallard
image © julien breton
'lux - lumière'
photograph by david gallard
image © julien breton
'aerial'
photograph by david gallard
image © julien breton
'intimité'
dampsmesnil, france
photograph by david gallard
image © julien breton
