Artist brings light graffiti to UK attractions
A “light graffiti artist” has illuminated some of the most well-known attractions in Britain with his unique work.
Michael Bosanko, who is a photographer, employs long-exposure shots along with coloured torches to “draw” with light, in photos which he takes at night.
Although he has not had formal training in photographic technique, 39-year-old Bosanko, says he has refined his methods during the past five years.
He said in comments to the Daily Mail: “I use my torches like an artist would use a paint brush,” adding: “I employ an exposure that lasts from 10 seconds to one hour and then try to let my art manage to create what I had imagined.”
Bosanko went on to say: “What I feel I am trying to convey is a sense of an aesthetically pleasing shape that clearly does not belong in that particular place or area.”
In the UK, the artist has taken his work to locations in London, Newcastle and Edinburgh, lighting up Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament, as well as a number of other sites.
He accidently discovered the technique while on holiday in Greece in 2004 and has been creating the unusual images since that time.
“While indulging in photography in Greece, I hand-held my camera and used the light of the moon to trace out a pattern of words, then transferred the technique to torchlight,” Bosanko added.