The below text was an intro to an exhibition of macro photographs at Manyung Gallery, Mt. Eliza, AUSTRALIA. To see a slide show of the exhibition click on the link below.

The sheer margins of minute existence are here illustrated with intense colour and imagery by a Melbourne photographer who fuses art and technology. His universe of dazzling contrast and graphics, captures every thread of natures delicate lifelines and brings them to a clear perspective.

Flowers, seeds, insects, crystal structures and cells- Roo du’Jardin is familiar with them all. A traveler through the awe of nature, Roo uses close-­up lenses, macro lenses, bellows and microscopes to capture the beauty and brilliance of science through the eyes of an artist.

Roo’s work at this end of the universe began in his first year in college (Photography Studies College, Melb.) and progressed to a thesis on photomacrography and photomicrography in his final year. Also in his final year of studies, Roo held his first one-man exhibition on the ‘macro world’. His work with microscopes began early in his career with the study of crystal structures. Landscapes, mosaics, galaxies of intense colours fascinated him, and so began an exploration into the art of science.

Roo du’Jardin is truly an artist, using creative instincts and laboratory technology, who sees life from an entirely different and exciting perspective.

click here for a Macro Photography Slide Show

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