Lava Study
Lava is more than simple landscape photos of sinuous glowing curves, it is the blood of the Earth. It is a living entity that connects us to the beginning of times. It is a creator and a destructor. I spent a month on the Big Island of Hawaii, and three times a week, I would leave at dusk to hike the lava field. My goal with the LAVA Study was to connect with this primal energy and translate it visually and more intimately. These photos are not photoshopped. Their treatment is minimal, the results attained through lowering exposure, both on the camera and during the development process.
ISO 5000, 140mm, ƒ/6.7, 1/1000
What happens next?
Is it the Stock Exchange or the Earth’s climate temperature graph, you decide. ISO 4000, 300mm, ƒ/5.6, 1/250.
This photo bears the name of Io, the innermost of the four Galilean moons of the planet Jupiter. With over 400 active volcanoes, it is the most geologically active object in the Solar System. ISO 5000, 200mm, ƒ/8, 1/250
Screamer
Almost unanimously, everyone seems to see the same reference in this photo. Can you see it? ISO 6400, 300mm, ƒ/8, 1/3000
Lava #7
ISO 5000, 120mm, ƒ/8, 1/250
Lava #4
ISO 6400, 207mm, ƒ/8, 1/3000
Lava #8
ISO 6400, 135mm, ƒ/9.5, 1/350
Lava #5
ISO 2000, 55mm, ƒ/8, 1/90
Lava #15
Lava #14
ISO 2000, 400mm, ƒ/5.6, 1/180
Lava #0
ISO 6400, 300mm, ƒ/9.5, 1/125
A flower to you
ISO 6400, 252mm, ƒ/8, 1/3000
Open Sesame
ISO 5000, 300mm, ƒ/8, 1/1500
Lava #12
ISO 5000, 300mm, ƒ/8, 1/2000
Cocoon #2
ISO 5000, 146mm, ƒ/8, 1/750
Cocoon #1
ISO 5000, 207mm, ƒ/8, 1/350
Lava #1
ISO 1250, 400mm, ƒ/5.6, 1/45
Lava #11
ISO 6400, 100mm, ƒ/8, 1/3000
Lava #6
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ISO 5000, 229mm, ƒ/8, 1/750
Lava #2
ISO 5000, 229mm, ƒ/8, 1/750
Mockingjay
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ISO 6400, 207mm, ƒ/9.5, 1/125
Eclipse
Montage consisting of 3 photos of the same lava bubble hardening as it gets colder. The bubble was achieved by pocking a hole in the soft ground and let the lava come up.
Lava #3
ISO 6400, 200mm, ƒ/9.5, 1/350
Ring
ISO 6400, 300mm, ƒ/9.5, 1/125