Justin Mullins: Mathematical Photography

Justin Mullin has collected equations and theorems he feels correspond to more tangible ideas like birth, family, mystery, etc., and now sells posters of his work in addition to having his first gallery exhibit later this month.

But while the notion of mathematical beauty, and indeed ugliness, is well established, mathematics and mathematical physics can inspire (for me at least) an extraordinary mix of other emotions and ideas. For that reason, the equations in my photographs are much more than objects of ‘austere beauty’, as Bertrand Russell put it. I photograph them to explore their emotional and aesthetic values.

Above, a Fourier transform (music) and the equation for quantum entanglement (romance).

LINK/IMAGES (via RealityCarnival)