I have emailed Mark Mawson and I am currently waiting for a reply from him about his work and his 'Aqueous Rainbow Skies' series (seen above).

 

I think that his idea is very simple, and that the technique that he uses creates outstanding photography. The first thing that I notice is that each of the photographs have been rotated upside so that the images appear abstract. By turning them upside down the images are viewed differently. Most importantly a black background has been used to make the colours burst out of the images.

 

They appear almost as rising clouds in the sky, due to the way the paint forms circular shapes in the water. In addition to this, I especially like the way that the colours mix with each other, forming abstract patterns in the process. I think in a way, the images represent nature. The separate colours could represent the different aspects of nature. Each separate aspect (colour) is beautiful and magical in it's own little way. When the colours mix it all the apsects work in harmony with one another.

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Another aspect that I like is the difference between the thicknesses. The much thinner lines of paint form, a bridge between the the think paint and the surface of the water. I think that if the it was just a big mix of different colours, the composition wouldn't work. It needs something to break it up, like the think streaks of paint. 

 

Later...

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I have recently received a reply from the photographer about this series and he said that he used a large vessel (water tank), inks paints and dyes, to complete the series. A very simple concept, with basic tools. I think the important part of the shoot will be keeping the consistency of the dyes and paints just right. The reason I didn't have much success originally with the 'Corey Holms developed Shoot', is that the food dye was just dispersing as soon as it entered the water.  I believe that the paints will do a better job of staying together as they tend to be thicker that dyes.