Wayne martin belger biography books
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Galleries
"Sons of Abraham" Project. 2001 -...
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Title: Sons of Abraham Project: Illuminating Paths to Understanding Description: In the aftermath of the World Trade Center's fall, the "Sons of Abraham Project" endeavors to explore the delicate balance between faith, conflict, and the potential for reconciliation within the Abrahamic religions. As tensions escalated post-9/11, this project emerged in response to the growing divide among the "children of Abraham" – Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. Inspired bygd the efforts of a Rabbi and an Imam in Los Angeles who worked towards fostering community understanding, the project shifts focus towards building bridges, communication, and peace. bygd capturing images of Imams, Priests, and Rabbis in the United States, the Palestinian Territories, and Israel, the planerat arbete highlights individuals dedicated to understanding, trust, and unity. The consistent composition of the photographs features religious leaders standing to t
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Hi Bob! Well, you asked... ;-) My latest project is called Divine Proportion. The camera is a see through 8x10 pneumatic X-Ray camera designed to study a scientific view of creation/destruction mythology. The exterior is a lead glass case with a 2 micron tungsten pinhole allowing scatter from the impact of the high-intensity x-ray beam generated by a 240m particle accelerator, on a sculpture to enter and form an image on the 8x10 X-ray film inside the camera. The rest of the camera is built from aluminum, titanium, tungsten, and lead glass with pneumatics that allow the glass case to open and close. Inside are relics relevant to the theme of creation and destruction. A statue of Shiva, the Indian god of creation and destruction, is mounted on two pieces of Trinitite from the first nuclear test at the Trinity site in New Mexico to symbolize destructive power. Behind the statue is a piece of a meteorite that was formed before our sun and solar system called ca
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© Jade Beall, Wayne Martin Belger with finished print “Us & Them, Moria #2.” Photo of a refugee woman in the Moria refugee camp in Lesbos, Greece.
I first discovered the work of Wayne Martin Belger about six years ago doing a Google search for DIY, homemade cameras for a personal project I was working on. I stumbled upon images of several of his painstakingly crafted pinhole cameras. I remember rushing into the next room with my iPad to show my wife because I couldn’t contain my excitement. I felt the same excitement several years later sitting in a conference room at the Medium Festival of Photography in San Diego when I suddenly realized that the speaker I was waiting for was that same guy who made those amazing cameras and I was going to be able to see them in person.
But to characterize Wayne Martin Belger simply as a photographer who makes his own cameras would ignore the depth and complexity of his work. Wayne is a photography-based installation artist whos