Droplet Portrait: Alyssa

"Alyssa" first looks like a color abstract.  Then very slowly you realize it is an extreme close up of a young woman's face.  Only slowly do the water droplets appear with each droplet containing bits and pieces of the woman's face and torso.  This image was included as part of the Leonard Exhibition at the Coastal Maine Contemporary Art Museum in 2016.  The work is from a series of droplet portraits created of the artist and some of his friends.   Rollin Leonard has spent more than 10 years of exploration on the human body, and more than 3,000 human subjects captured in every imaginable way. His work revolves around developing new photographic techniques and producing semi-sculptural works on paper, plastic, and in video. For the last four years most photographs he's taken have been through a drop of water. He's pushing the limits of water as an optical tool using laser cut plastics, etched glass, hydrophobic materials, oils, liquid vinyl, resin, humidifiers, spray bottles, and syring