MADS DAM Photo Graphic Video Anima Text Debate

NEWS - New Year, Fiery  News

ELEMENTS - Light, Fire, Air, Water, Earth  News

SEASONS - Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter  Season

EXPERIMENTAL - Ghost, Flux  Experiment

ART - Statue, Exibition  Art

URBAN - Wrapped, Street, Tower, Festival  Urban

FAUNA - Bird, Snail, insect  Fauna

FLORA - Dandelion, Tree  Fauna

MADS DAM - Contact, CV, Timeline, Copyright  Mads Dam

Photo by Mads Dam

Winter skies



MON 2 JAN - Even without snow and ice winter still reveals itself, as a certain clear coldness of the air...




A sense of spaces



WED 4 JAN - A new image of a new kind in a new year: An experiment with 4D, the third dimension is time and your mouse is the fourth.
The composition is a cross, a vertical and horisontal line, each a stack of 20 layered images, smaller images above larger.
Details mutate as time goes by, but global structure moves with the mouse, so you can change space any time.
The colour texture may remind you of snow or water? Don't worry, that's quite intentional: like a virtual winter...


This animation is a construction with many elements and many layers, so it may take many seconds to download completely. But patience is still a rewarded virtue.
If you move the mouse inside the image, it will react like a cat: follow the mouse. It reacts to your presence and comes closer.
For Opera users: Press F11 twice to refresh screen and restart image, without reload...



New Years Eve in Copenhagen



SAT 31 DEC - A new year, just around the corner. Here's some of the sights that night...

Fireworks



Statues 5

Statues living among the trees and bushes, somewhere in Assistens Cemetery, Nørrebro, Copenhagen.



Water drops 19
Water drops 19
Water drops 18

Dew condensed on surface of clear plastic...

Modern ghosts...

Isn't it amazing how modern televison sometimes resembles ancient ghosts...?

Flames 4

Flames from burning wood...

Flames from burning wood...

Broken mirrors

Broken mirrors, pieces scattered on the ground...

Broken mirrors, pieces scattered on the ground...

Water bubbles 1

Water bubbles 1

Bubbles are in a way inverted drops, but still made of water. Or some other kind of fluid stuff...

Light Show 24

Different sights from different nights in northwestern Copenhagen, Denmark...

Waves and ripples

Waves in air can't be seen, but you can hear them. Waves in water are visible, but you can't hear them...

Water 4

Floating, fluid, dripping, raining, streaming, splashing graphics...

Violet descension

Blue-violet graphic by Mads Dam

Dripping views

Images in this gallery are the result of combining drop photos with other objects, much more solid than water.

Night Light 7

Even in the darkest night,
there is still a lot of light...

Grass

Grass is such a well known plant, that we hardly look closer anymore. But try take a look again: Mirroring a simple grass photo twice creates new angles, less natural more mystical, like green floral juwelry, hovering in the summer air...

Water 3

Water graphics based on photos from the water photo collections...

Mysterious figures

Mysterious figure 3 Mysterious figure 2 Mysterious figure 1

Images without an explanation or an obvious motive; see for your self...

Fiery 10 Fiery 9 Fiery 8 Fiery 7 Fiery 6 Fiery 5 Fiery 4 Fiery 3 Fiery 2 Fiery 1

Fire and flame in perpetual motion

Exo flower 7

Unknown plant drifting in interstellar space, occationally circling a planet, or a moon, to keep them company. Such plants can live for centuries, and travel lightyear after lightyear, but they only bloom when they think nobody is looking...

Alien artefact Alien artefact




Collection of unknown materials: Alien artefacts, floating out there in galactic space. Perhaps on their way to something we do not know. Maybe not even awake. Perhaps they are slumbering, dreaming about real aliens, even as strange as us. Take a closer look...

Light wind 0 Light wind 0 Light wind 0

Animations by Mads Dam.
Music by Lars Mikkes.

Looking for Light

Looking for Light 2
Looking for Light 1
Looking for Light 0

Video: Mads Dam
Music:Lars Mikkes

S N O W

Video: Mads Dam
Music:Lars Mikkes

LIGHT




Normally light is only the means to create a photo.
But here I've crossed the line: Light has become the motive itself.
In these light shows I have broken two fundamental rules: get enough light, and keep the camera still.
Instead I wandered out into the night, and kept the camera moving while photographing moving objects.
No flash, but very long exposure. Photos in the dark, shaking the lens at any photon drifting by. Sounds like a recipé for chaos unbound..?
Yes, most of the times, but now and then new orders arose from chaos: luminous landscapes I would never have envisioned myself.
It may sound like a paradox, yet such photos can both be shaken and sharp...
Mads Dam, 2010

P H O T O



Light Show 25 Light Show 24 Light Show 23 Light Show 22 Light Show 21 Light Show 20 Light Show 19 Light Show 18 Light Show 17 Light Show 16 Light Show 15 Light Show 14 Light Show 13 Light Show 12 Light Show 11 Light Show 10 Light Show 9 Light Show 8 Light Show 7 Light Show 6 Light Show 5 Light Show 4 Light Show 3 Light Show 2 Light Show 1

G R A P H I C



Night Light Night Light Night Light Night Light Night Light Night Light Night Light Inverse Light

A N I M A T I O N



Light wind 5 Light wind 4 Light wind 3 Light wind 2 Light wind 1 Light wind 0 a Light wind 0 b Light wind 0 c

V I D E O



Looking for Light 2 Looking for Light 1 Looking for Light 0
E L E M E N T A R Y

FIRE

P H O T O


Sparks from a sparkling sparkler... Midsummer fire in Fælledparken, Copenhagen 23 June 2010... Midsummer fire in Fælledparken, Copenhagen 23 June 2009... Fireworks from recent new years evenings 3 Fireworks from recent new years evenings 2 Fireworks from recent new years evenings 1 Gas flames on the street... Flames from the Midsummer fire in Fælledparken, Copenhagen 23 June 2009... Midsummer flames in the local park (Fælledparken) in Copenhagen 23 June 2009... Flares from the carnival in Copenhagen May 2009...

G R A P H I C


Midsummer flames Midsummer flames Fire & Flames

A N I M A T I O N


Fiery 10 Fiery 9 Fiery 8 Fiery 7 Fiery 6 Fiery 5 Fiery 4 Fiery 3 Fiery 2 Fiery 1

AIR

P H O T O


The sky is an eternal kaleidoscape. Here are some recent views from Denmark. All photos are from the north-western part of Copenhagen, where I live... The sky is an eternal kaleidoscape. Here are some recent views from Denmark. All photos are from the north-western part of Copenhagen, where I live... The sky is an eternal kaleidoscape. Here are some recent views from Denmark. All photos are from the north-western part of Copenhagen, where I live... The sky is an eternal kaleidoscape. Here are some recent views from Denmark. All photos are from the north-western part of Copenhagen, where I live... The sky is an eternal kaleidoscape. Here are some recent views from Denmark. All photos are from the north-western part of Copenhagen, where I live... This collection presents the sky on fire, around dusk or dawn, flames in the clouds, usually appearing very briefly... White lines in the sky, swiftly appearing, only to vanish again. A new meaning of the old word ''skyline''...

G R A P H I C


Air Something is in the air...

A N I M A T I O N


Exosphere 1 Exosphere 2 Exosphere 3A Exosphere 3B Exosphere 4 Exosphere 5 Exosphere 6 Exosphere 7

WATER

P H O T O


Bubbles are in a way inverted drops, but still made of water. Or some other kind of fluid stuff... Bubbles are in a way inverted drops, but still made of water. Or some other kind of fluid stuff... Dew condensed on the surface of clear plastic... Dew condensed on the surface of clear plastic... Dew condensed on the surface of clear plastic... Dew condensed on the surface of clear plastic... Dew condensed on the inside surface of a micro greenhouse... Dew condensed on the inside surface of a micro greenhouse... Dew condensed on the surface of icecold glass in Botanical Garden in Copenhagen, Dec 2010... Dew condensed on the surface of icecold glass... Raindrops on window glass. In the background you can glimpse the dark street outside, as well as reflections of lights inside the room... Water condensed as drops, clinging to both sides of clear plastic. The green, you can glimse in the background, are plants... Water condensed as drops, clinging to the surface of grey plastic... Water condensed as drops, clinging to the surface of a plastic cup of blueberry slush ice... Water condensed as drops, clinging to the surface of a plastic cup of blueberry slush ice... Water condensed as drops, clinging to the surface of a plastic cup of blueberry slush ice... Water condensed as drops, clinging to the surface of a plastic cup of blueberry slush ice... Water condensed as drops, clinging to the surface of a plastic cup of blueberry slush ice... Water condensed as drops, hanging or clinging to the surface of plastic sheets or bottles. Remains of rain or evolved from dew. Shaped like pearls but glittering like diamonds... Water condensed as drops, hanging or clinging to the surface of plastic sheets. Remains of rain or evolved from dew. Shaped like pearls but glittering like diamonds... Water condensed as drops, hanging or clinging to the surface of leaves or grass. Remains of rain or evolved from dew. Shaped like pearls but glittering like diamonds... Water condensed as drops, appearing on the inside surface of plastic, but photographed from outside. This angle makes drops look rather weird, as they no longer seem curved but flat. Nevertheless they still act as lenses when large enough; the colours come from the background... Water condensed as drops, appearing on the inside surface of glass, but photographed from outside. This angle makes drops look rather weird, as they no longer seem curved but flat. Nevertheless they still act as lenses when large enough; the colours come from the background... Oil on water 1 Oil on water 2 There are many kinds of water; steam, tiny drops, streams, rivers, lakes, oceans. The source of water also vary: rain, waterfalls, fountains, dew... There are many kinds of water; steam, tiny drops, streams, rivers, lakes, oceans. The source of water also vary: rain, waterfalls, fountains, dew... After the rain, temporary mirrors linger on for a while, reflecting whatever is near enough... Waves in air cannot be seen, but you can hear them. Waves in water are visible, but you cannot hear them... Waves in air cannot be seen, but you can hear them. Waves in water are visible, but you cannot hear them... Waves in air cannot be seen, but you can hear them. Waves in water are visible, but you cannot hear them... Fountain

G R A P H I C


Water 1 Dripping views Water 4 Water 3 Water 2 Water 1

EARTH

P H O T O


Once upon a time there was a pool of water. Then the sun finally came around, vaporizing all the water. Afterwards everyone can see: when mud dries, the surface cracks, leaving a broken microlandscape... Once upon a time there was a pool of water. Then the sun finally came around, vaporizing all the water. Afterwards everyone can see: when mud dries, the surface cracks, leaving a broken microlandscape... Looking at a plant, what do you notice first? The colourful flowers, green leaves, or overall shape? But probably you wouldn't even consider the soil..? Recently I looked closer, and was rather amazed; it's a weird landscape! Imagine you were an ant, a fly or another insect; here's the landscape you'd see... Stones, rocks and rubble, pieces of the city. Stones also represent the element ''Earth'' - the hard, solid, stable, unmovable aspect of matter...

G R A P H I C


Earth

S E A S O N S

SPRING

P H O T O


... ... ...

SUMMER

P H O T O


Summer...

G R A P H I C


Summer 1 Grass

AUTUMN

P H O T O


Autumn 1 Fungus... Leaf 1 Leaf 2

G R A P H I C


Autumn

WINTER

P H O T O


City Snow Northwest Snow Street Snow Snow Trails Snow with Holes Snow and Light 1 Snow and Light 2 Snow and Light 3 Utterslev Mose Country Snow Snow in the local Park Snow in the forest Ice in front of the City Ice in front of the Sky 1 Ice in front of the Sky 2 Ice in front of the Sky 3 Ice in front of the Sky 4 Street Ice 1 Street Ice 2 Street Ice 3 Street Ice 4 Night Ice Icicles Ice dripping 1 Ice dripping 2 Ice surface Ice crystals Ice on plants Frozen lakes Frozen lakes Frozen lakes

G R A P H I C


Winter graphics Winter graphics Winter graphics Snow 1

Modern Ghosts


Modern Ghosts 6 Modern Ghosts 5 Modern Ghosts 4 Modern Ghosts 3 Modern Ghosts 2 Modern Ghosts 1




Flux


Flux 5 Flux 4 Flux 3 Flux 2 Flux 1




Statues


Statues from Kings Garden 3 Statues from Kings Garden 2 Statues from Kings Garden 1 Statues from different locations in Copenhagen... Everybody has heard about and seen the little mermaid in Copenhagen. Actually that's also an old mermaid, from 1913, almost a century ago. Here's a more modern version, from the sculpture group ''genetically modified paradise'' by Bjørn Nørgaard in 2006... Thorvaldsens Museum Rappenskralde - A recycle sculpture A Tower in High Tåstrup

Exibitions


15 artists from 15 countries 15 artists from 15 countries Gang i gaden In 2008 a new exibition took place, an exibition without filter, in Valby, Copenhagen. I participated with 5 photos from the Light Show collection.




Transparent motives


Glass 1 Glass 2 Glass 3

Botanical Garden


Botanical Garden - The Greenhouse Botanical Garden - The Greenhouse

Towers


Towers in central Copenhagen... Towers in northern Copenhagen...

Streets


Trees plus stuff 2 Trees plus stuff 1 Signs at Night. Signs of Light. Signs in Sight. All in Walking Distance. Left or Right. Time and Space to Stop and Grow... Square glass pieces imbedded in the pavement... Strange street lamp Eaglestreet illuminated Pavemental Streets 1 Streets 2 Street art in Copenhagen The Old Container...

Wrapped buildings


Wrapped building 11 Wrapped building 10 Wrapped building 9 Wrapped building 8 Wrapped building 7 Wrapped building 6 Wrapped building 5 Wrapped building 4 Wrapped building 3 Wrapped building 2 Wrapped building 1

Festivals


Carnival 2011 - Festival motives Carnival 2010 - Festival motives Carnival 2009 - Festival motives May 1 in Copenhagen

Houses


Seaserpent

Birds


Swans, geese, ducks, coots, pigeons, crows, etc... Birds from the central lakes in Copenhagen... Different birds from various places in Copenhagen... pigeon

Snails


Snail 1 Snail 2

Insects


Fly 3 Fly 2 Fly 1 Spider 1 Insects




Trees


Trees 1 Trees 2

They came from beneath


They came from beneath...

Dandelions


Dandelions 1 Dandelions 2 Dandelions 3

Animate

Exo flower 1 Exo flower 2 Exo flower 3 Exo flower 4 Exo flower 5 Exo flower 6 Exo flower 7
Alien artefact Alien artefact Alien artefact Alien artefact Alien artefact Alien artefact Alien artefact Alien artefact Alien artefact Alien artefact Alien artefact Alien artefact Alien artefact Alien artefact Alien artefact Alien artefact Alien artefact

Digital Jungles

Digital Jungle 1 Digital Jungle 2 Digital Jungle 3 Digital Jungle 4 Digital Jungle 5 Digital Jungle 6

Living green krystal Living blue krystal Living deepblue krystal

It's all in your mind...

If you see a pattern moving right or left, up or down - it's an illusion. If you see a pattern starting ordered and gradually becoming chaotic, this is also an illusion. In fact, the pattern itself is an illusion...

Other animations

Magrittes mirror Flora Fantastica Rotating rose

Text

All immortals struck by lightning
Completely lost?
Modern Art - 3 unofficial rules
Relativity rules absolutely
Todays youth

Photographic



The worlds first photograph
We can see you on any street...

Ideas



The galaxy is a gallery
Eon - Worlds largest number
Gravity - Falling or Drifting
100 words

Fiction



End of all the birds
Urban fugue
Woman turned into an Oak

Dreams



Fantastic voyage
Here and there
Making order - making sense
Matrix goes fo(u)rth
Parallel world
Sky, Sun and Ocean

Mads Dam





Contact



Mads Dam
Fenrisgade 8, III tv.
2200 Copenhagen N
Denmark. Europe.
Phone 35 85 20 31
contact@madsdam.net

Curriculum Vitae



CV
Timeline

My motto



The only thing
faster than light
is imagination...

More about Mads



I have always been photographing, on and off. Earlier I made many drawings, but I have only made one painting. Also I have spent some time writing fiction (and some music), but most of that didn't survive the test of time...

Early 80'ties I discovered micro-computers, and programming. In 1999 the Internet arrived; lots of webdesign followed.

I'm equally interested
in graphics and logic.

Art is an exploration af this mysterious universe: How did we end here, where will we go..?

Also, I think science is essentially a creative act: Worldmaps aren't discovered, but created...

Nominal



What does "Mads" and "Dam" mean as words? Many things. Here's some etymology, acronyms, phrases etc.
Have a look...

Represented



One or more of my images are displayed on these sites:

www.bltv.dk
www.dilem.dk
www.fantastik.dk
www.durhamvolunteerfire.org
www.sferaonline.ro

Location and camera



Unless otherwise specified all my photos are from the northwest part of Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe.

The camera, that I used, is either Canon PowerShot A650 or S30.

How about copyright..?



Welcome to my growing pile of pictures. And I might as well tell, before you ask:

If you want to buy a print or the copyright, then contact me. Prize depends on size, purpose and other variables, so I can't offer a simple standard prize. But you're free to ask...

If you want to borrow a photograph, you're normally welcome, if you ask. Provided it's only for personal and non-commercial purposes.

In any case it would be nice, if you remembered to credit the source. A simple link would suffice...

Image by Mads Dam