Navid baraty biography of donald
Navid Baraty is a completely self-taught photographer whose work has been internationally published and exhibited.
Navid Baraty has photographed everything from NYC architecture and San Francisco seascapes to Cape Canaveral rocket launches....
Wander Space Probe
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve had a fascination with the cosmos.
I would camp in the backyard of my childhood home and look up at the stars and planets through my telescope. That awe and wonder for space, which I believe is innate to our humanity, hasn’t faded one bit as I’ve aged. It led to me combining my passion for space and photography with my Wander Space Probe project.
I decided to frame my project around the idea of an imaginary spacecraft, the Wander Space Probe, traveling throughout the universe and photographing its encounters.
In actuality, I’m creating these images by arranging various foods and liquids on top of a photo scanner and then scanning with the lid open.
Baraty moved to New York last summer from San Francisco to pursue freelance photography and has access to rooftops through his work.Many of the spherical bodies are made by scanning the bottoms of glasses containing liquids, whereas others are simply made from pancakes. To create nebulas, I use a large tray of liquids. The liquids naturally create the atmospheric swirls when they mix.
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