Photography | PORTLAND Water Martin Waugh


Photographer & Aleatorian Artist


Interpretations of Waugh’s work often reveal as much about the viewer as the artist.


Martin Waugh combines art and science to capture nature’s infinite beauty: water. Throughout history, water has calmed the soul, soothed the spirit and healed the wounded. Waugh’s free-flowing photography evokes images from rolling, rhythmic oceans to drops of water falling upon a lake, taking one on a spiritual journey bounded only by imagination.


Waugh ‘s creative uses of high-speed photography make it possible to capture the smooth and effortless curves of liquid, eliciting a childlike sense of fun and whimsy. Interpretations of his work often reveal as much about the viewer as the artist. His images are engaging metaphors for life and are


as intriguing to the eye as they are thought-provoking. By varying the size, speed and position of drops, as well as the color, viscosity, and surface tension, Waugh creates a panorama of color, movement and intrigue.


Waugh received his B.S. degree in Physics from Lewis and Clark College in Oregon. He lives in Portland, where he has kayaked many of the gorgeous white water rivers the region has to offer. His work can be found in museums and in corporate and private art collections.


“I had accidentally captured a drop- splash collision…that opened a universe of tempting technical obstacles and intriguing images.” Martin Waugh


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