A Little Inspiration: Cole Caswell

I was recently turned onto the artist Cole Caswell by one of my graduate committee members. Caswell's work in photography "investigates landscape, place, environment, and geography, through strata of observation, technology, subjectivity, and his surroundings." 

The first series of images I was drawn to is titled Atmospheres. Caswell describes the work as "the abstract and celestial forms that are revealed in these experimental photographs depict climatic conditions through direct reactions with photographic film and chemicals. The entire collection offers a subjective description of the humidity within my laboratory and allows the images of this colorful and chemical world to play out on a variety of scales." Below is a selection of works from the series.

The next series that really intrigued me is called Colonization. Caswell says these images are "high resolution scans of found mold colonizations. Interested in growth patterns and the apparent stages of colonization found in each specimen." 

These images are hauntingly beautiful. It is interesting that the mold colonies take on a creature like form. Some look very bird like and others take on the appearance of insects. 

You can find more of Cole Caswell's work at his website: colecaswell.com