Kaleidoscopic

Medallion
Al Teich

Al Teich's photographs are explorations of symmetry and rhythm that resemble snowflakes, diatoms, or pollen grains. His method fuses old and new technologies: he photographs kaleidoscopes with a digital camera, incrementally moving them to adjust the image. Teich told the Washington Post, "The images are very beautiful but transient. There is an infinite variety of them, but they disappear when you turn the kaleidoscope." Teich, who has a bachelor's degree in physics and a PhD in political science, says "scientists see and enjoy beauty in many things - in science, of course, but in music and a wide variety of artistic media."

See more of Teich's kaleidoscope photos here.