Geometries of Thought

conceptual photography dasha pears fine art Geometries Minimalism photographer Photography portrait psychorealism surrealism

Our brains have evolved to see patterns and work with symbols to save energy and be able to quickly spot danger or food. We see a glimpse of a shape and we immediately associate it with something familiar, constructing a story about it: "That rectangle is a building and I'm not going there". The process is usually fast and unconscious. We rarely second-guess simple everyday life things that we see around us when being focused on something more important. The moment we do start to notice strange and interesting alignments in the geometries around us is exciting. In reality, nothing changes, it's the same rectangle. What's changed is our point of view and therefore our feeling about it. We can now construct a new story, consciously this time, and see familiar things in a new light. The project offers a few unusual perspectives for a mind to play with and make new connections.

Between the Lines

The truth is always somewhere in between. If you really want to find it don't overlook the empty space.

Deep into the Waters

One crimson drop in the endless blue ocean. Making its way against the stream.

Dreaming of X

It's my secret. Not ready to share. I'll cherish and savor it until it grows big and can't be hidden anymore. Then you won't be asking about it. You'll see and you'll know.

Give Me Wings and I Will Fly

Don’t you see them? They are right behind your back! They have always been there with you. Your wings. Use them wisely.

Home

It was the spot in the city that felt most like home. The perfect circle of the window made her feel protected. It always managed to induce a sense of wholeness. In the red brick building there were rehearsal rooms and concert halls that seemed to float in a world of their own. The soft melodies of violins and pianos gently suppressed the noise of cars, motorcycles and buses. She felt contained by the window, safe and sound in the perfect geometry of the circle.

Circle is a shape that can bear lots of universal and personal meanings.

It’s among the oldest of geometric symbols, and commonly represents unity, wholeness, and infinity. It is also sometimes called the most perfect of creative forms, without beginning or end, without sides or corners.

To me a circle is also something warm and cozy. It’s like a womb or home, where you feel safe.

Over the Roof

Wherever you see a new pattern, you feel the excitement. It gives you a feeling of finally getting in control of a situation. But after a while seeing one and the same pattern over and over again becomes boring and dull. This is when the possibility of seeing a yet new pattern arises.

Picture on the Wall

Here I am. Reaching out to you. Catch me if you can!

Geometries

Geometrical shapes and patterns have always had a calming effect on me. Perhaps this is why geometry used to be one of my favorite subjects in school. My most favorite moments are those when I notice patterns that are accidentally made by seemingly unconnected objects. It makes me wonder: is it just a coincidence or some bigger more profound pattern at play.

New World

There was barely any movement in the building. She could only hear the humming of the air conditioner blowing gusts of cool air into the empty hallway. You couldn’t tell that it was a hot summer day, the air so pleasant. Everything felt right – she wasn’t stressing one bit. She was prepared for the challenges that lay ahead. It was the start of the journey she’s been dreaming of for years. A new world lay behind the door, one that she knew she would fit into perfectly. She stopped for a moment before entering to take it all in.

There Is No Mystery

Sometimes there's no mystery behind a trick, there's no big plan or grand scheme of things, just the randomness of life as it is.

Tunnel

This work came along when I was shooting my Paper Cuts project, focused above all on monochrome, of the color blue in this case. It was shot at a commuter train station in Helsinki, Finland, and takes advantage of its unique design.

When I saw those round windows I immediately thought of 2 things:

1) they reminded me of a portal of some kind, a portal to a parallel world, the world of our imagination

2) the shape, when viewed from the side became oval and became a classic oval portrait frame, perhaps 200 years ago a person could carry a small portrait like that on his or her neck in a locket.

That could be a portrait of someone near and dear.

I thought in this case it might be a portrait or an image of a better self, the one perhaps you're striving to become.