Symmetry
This is a collection of photographs that play around with the concept of symmetry. It was inspired by the September 2016 competition of the North Bethesda Camera Club.The first image is of a Czechoslovakian cut glass vase that shows a beautiful rotational symmetry. Next comes a beautifully engineered tire from a Mercedes sport coup, again exhibiting rotational symmetry. The ceiling of the Penn Station provide a bewildering array of symmetries and near symmetries. The remaining pictures are manipulations of a single image of my friend Johnny Sackett. I asked him to pose for these pictures because he is a fun guy, and has an interesting face. Also, I asked him becasue he can cross his eyes, and that is a way to show another aspect of symmetry. In the end, I didn't use any of the cross-eyed shots. The first image is a normal portrait shot of Johnny. All others are manipulations of a single image.
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Ceiling of Penn Station in Baltimore
The central circle has rotational symmetry under a 60° rotation, while the square frame surrounding it has rotational symmetry under a 90° rotation, as well as under a mirror reflection about the vertical or horizontal axes. The two outer rectangles are in turn symmetric about the vertical axis of the entire window, while each of the rectangular side panels are internally symmetric about their own vertical axis and their own horizontal axis. There are further symmetries within the groupings of square elements within the rectangular side panels. Replacement glass panels punctuate (or mar?) the overall symmetry in a manner that the original artist probably did not intend.
