giraffe | dried earth

Put simply, fractals are rough or fragmented and repeating geometric patterns that vary according to a set formula;  a mixture of art and geometry.  Approximate examples of fractal self-similarity echo through nature on infinitely different scales.

Each pair of photos here compare these patterns as they cascade through the natural world.  The aerial photo on the left, taken from 5-7 miles aloft, is compared to a micro or land-based view on the right.  Once considered,  the geometry of fractals found in nature is ubiquitous.

All photos are © Martin Klimek Photography.

A trio of feral parrots take flight in downtown SF

4.23.10 | 6:35 pm

May 6, 2010 | San Francisco

4:18pm – 9:53pm

Buy my old stuff.

Flea market | California | May 2010

Underside of the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge as it curves out over the Bay.

4.26.10 | 4:31 pm

Follow the River from Martin Klimek on Vimeo.

iPhone captures | 2010

Escape from Alcatraz from Martin Klimek on Vimeo.

On a recent shoot I found myself here; the shipping department.  If you consumed it, it probably passed through here.

David Gottfried, founder of the World Green Building Council, is photographed in Berkeley, CA for the Swiss Magazine ‘Shape’.

May 2010

Where your old crap goes to become new crap.

Recycling yard  |  San Francisco  |  4.30.10

With a life span of just a few hours this mayfly expired on my doorstep.  Too strange and beautiful to ignore I took a post-mortem portrait.

May 7, 2010  | 1:52pm | 1:56pm | 2:03pm

I’ve driven these roads more times than I can count.

2010 | 2004

A student at the Culinary Institute of America takes notes during a break from class.

St. Helena, CA | 3.30.10 | 11:35 am