working in his garage with a home built air-gap flash rather than any special camera, american artist alan sailer captures the explosion of foods and other objects when impacted at high speeds.
To take his photographs, sailer uses a micro-second guided spark flash, which he built himself based on an article from a 1974 volume of scientific american and information found online. To create the explosions, he uses a PVC or copper cannon to launch pellets and marbles at his subjects.
Things Come Apart is a collection of photographs by Todd Mclellan who captures the dismantling of mechanical and electronic objects of past and present. Disassembled objects are intricately arranged in a grid-like fashion or photographed in spectacular explosion.
The engineering and craftsmanship of products are captured in a state of order and disarray. Capturing components laid out in meticulous order allows the viewer to appreciate the enormous design and engineering effort applied to even “ordinary” products.