While exploring important images from the last 100 years I came upon Edward Weston’s 1927 image “Nautilus” and was intrigued by its austere beauty.

At first I set out to replicate the style of this image but as I played with my very own nautilus shell, peering at it from various perspectives I suddenly saw the light, literally!

Edison would have been proud to see how I transformed an ancient creature from the deep into his modern invention.

Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 981, Nautilus Illuminata’, 1/160s f/13 ISO200 100mm 2x off camera strobes