Fortunato Gatto’s Image
Fortunato Gatto (Italy) chances upon an icy puddle in a south Icelandic bog, where frozen patterns form the shape of a swan.
Fortunato is fascinated by the patterns and textures created in the ice.
He calls this a ‘meta-image’, in which nature itself provides both the canvas and the artwork.
It’s only when seen through human eyes that it becomes a swan.
Depending on the precise conditions in which it froze, ice can take on many forms.
Its appearance varies with the speed of freezing, the dissolved substances, the surrounding air’s moisture, and the size and number of any trapped bubbles.