Micro Mountains and Lakes.

• Prize
  Silver in Special/Macro
• Photographer
  Gianfranco Merati, United Kingdom
• Website
  https://www.gmerati.com/

Since its invention in the 60s by NASA, magnetic fluid has gone to impact applications in a wide range of industries.

In this project I use the micro peaks and valleys that form in it when magnetically charged, to create micro "lakes and rivers" with colours. The results are otherworldly creations that might make us wonder whether they are real things that actually exist or whether they are an illusion. The answer is that they are real indeed.

In life reality is a relative concept and the perception of it varies depending on who and when interprets it. This project explores that very concept