Ben Laposky was born September 30, 1914 on a farm south of Cherokee Iowa. At age 4 his family relocated to Colorado Springs. In 1942 Laposky join the US army as a technical sergeant, he was wounded in the right foot during a Japanese bombing raid at Rendona Island, Solomon Islands, in July 1943. Were he received the Purple Heart for his wounds.
After spending 10 months in army hospitals. He was discharged in May 1944 and returning to his home town in Cherokee, Iowa.
He became known as a mathematically and artist.
In 1950 Laposky began to experiment with cathode ray oscilloscope with sine wave generators and various other electrical and electronic circuits to create abstract art. He became known as the first person to use an analogue computer to help to create his graphic images. He called these images Oscillation.
In 1980 Laposky gave an interview with
Arts Magazine that describes how he created his work. Here is a part of that interview that with Art Magazine
| " The color photos of the Oscillons were mostly made originally on Aero Ektachrome film, both 35mm and 4x5. This was used because it had good color density and contrast - also because it was less costly as surplus for some years. Exposures vary from 1/20 at f1.2 to f2, closeup at about 15 inches from scope screen. Cameras used were a Praktica and a Nikon. For the 4x5 work I used a B&J press with a German war surplus aerial lens, an f2 tessar if 120mmf.1. Most of the 35mm images were in motion in some or all of the traces (besides the electron beam motion itself). The 4x5 traces were taken at about 1/2 second, also at f2, and usually were static, the trace motion stopped by sync circuits in the oscilloscope. The black and white photos were made mostly on Linagraph film, a special high contrast film by Kodak for oscillograph photography. Some 4x5 work was done on Royal Pan and other fast films." |
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| —Arts Magazine, "Ben F. Laposky: A Midwestern Pioneer of Absolute Light Form" June 1980 |
Laposky's art was published more than 160 times and displayed at more than 200 exhibitions before the emergence of computer graphics upstaged him in the mid 1960s.
Loposky died in 2000, after his death none of the 10,000 negatives he claimed to have taken have ever been found, and out of his original set of 102 mounted image only 101 remain.
She wants people to decide what to see and never forget what they see.
Theses environments are closer to the actual but are not completely copies of realities. The realities differ between the shift of architecture and voids at that serves no apparent function.
These structures reflect apartments and houses that we all have experienced in various and intimate ways. For Ross this level of familiarity is crucial, creating environments that resonate with the viewer. Allowing them see a parallel between the visual interpretation. 
"sun blast" 9x9
The coffee acts like a dye and that is where the brown color comes from. but not all of the color comes out brown there is also a dark black that can be pulled out .
Kanza Prairie pt 1
Kanza Prairie pt 2
"park bunch"
First get a jar of instant coffee crystals at your local supermarket. Next head to the laundry detergent aisle and pick up a box of washing soda. That’s the stuff that will activate the developing agent, the caffeine in the instant coffee. With the wide variety of laundry materials available today, washing soda isn’t the big seller that it once was, but the larger chains will carry it. (Baking soda just won’t do.) That’s all you need. And here’s a recipe for making a half pint of developer, enough to process a roll of 35mm film in a typical developing tank.
I am hope if I master this skill then I can place these object into photo were it is hard to figure out what is real and what is fake.
I think this flashlight need a little more work but it is very close to the original flashlight. To me it seems a little to shiny, and the paint job needs to be more dull in color or a little less reflective.
Please leave comments on what you think.
Death Knight from "War of Warcraft"
"What that" 16x24
In 1980 Laposky gave an interview with Arts Magazine that describes how he created his work. Here is a part of that interview that with Art Magazine
Laposky's art was published more than 160 times and displayed at more than 200 exhibitions before the emergence of computer graphics upstaged him in the mid 1960s.
Loposky died in 2000, after his death none of the 10,000 negatives he claimed to have taken have ever been found, and out of his original set of 102 mounted image only 101 remain.
