Photography has the power to reveal what the human eye could never capture on its own.
In my Shattered Beauty series, I use high-speed photography to freeze the exact moment of impact—the instant when the item shatters, when force meets fragility, and when destruction becomes art.
With the use of precisely timed flashes set at their quickest, lowest power settings, I can stop time at the perfect millisecond, preserving a moment that would otherwise be lost in the blink of an eye.
This is where photography becomes truly amazing—by bending the rules, using the right tools, and embracing creativity, we can create mind-blowing images that challenge our perception of reality.
Each image in this series captures the chaotic beauty of breaking items, transforming a fleeting, violent act into a mesmerizing work of art.
Shattered Glass
In my Shattered Beauty series, I explore the beauty in destruction, capturing the precise moment when delicate objects—like Christmas ornaments and drinking glasses—explode into intricate fragments.
These everyday items, once whole and familiar, transform into mesmerizing bursts of light and motion, revealing patterns of chaos frozen in time. Each image exposes the fragility and strength of glass, turning its violent breakage into an art form that highlights the unseen elegance within destruction.
Shattered Ornaments
Shattering Christmas ornaments captures a striking contrast between tradition and destruction—turning delicate symbols of the holidays into mesmerizing explosions of glass.
When a fragile ornament, whether a shimmering glass ball or an intricately crafted angel, meets its breaking point, it bursts into countless razor-sharp fragments, each reflecting light in a chaotic yet beautiful dance.
The high-speed flash freezes this moment, revealing intricate splintering patterns and suspended shards that would otherwise vanish in an instant. In these images, fragility becomes power, and fleeting destruction transforms into lasting art.
Shattered Figurines
Shattering figurines brings an unexpected twist to objects meant to last forever—whether it’s a porcelain tchotchke or a cherished Christmas Santa.
When these delicate sculptures meet their breaking point, they explode into a chaotic dance of splintering shards and fine dust, revealing layers of fragility hidden beneath their polished surfaces.
High-speed photography captures this fleeting destruction, freezing every fragment in midair, turning an ordinary figurine’s collapse into a mesmerizing display of motion and texture.
Each image transforms loss into art, exposing the raw beauty within the moment of impact.
Shattered Misc
Shattering everyday objects like lipstick, chalk sticks, and crayons reveals an unexpected world of color and texture hidden within their breakage.
When these small, familiar items explode on impact, they fracture into vivid fragments, scattering pigment and dust in a way that’s both chaotic and mesmerizing.
High-speed photography freezes this moment, capturing the intricate splinters and bursts of color that would otherwise disappear in an instant.
Each image transforms an ordinary object’s destruction into a vibrant work of art, where energy, texture, and motion collide in a single frame.
