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"We are made of star stuff." - Dr. Carl Sagan
Star stuff. The image that comes to mind may be a sidewalk full of Hollywood stars. Or maybe it means we are all covered with sparkly glitter. But, when Carl Sagan said that he wasn’t just being metaphoric.
In a very poetic way, he was saying that the materials in our bodies were forged in distant, long-extinguished stars. He was meaning we are all the same. And, we are also the same as the cosmos itself. Let that sink in for a minute.
Our bodies are mostly made of water. For those that don’t remember much about high school chemistry, that means, in other words, H2O. Two atoms of hydrogen - the most abundant atom in the universe and in our bodies; and one atom of oxygen - that we require to breathe.
Speaking of science, California Nebula is an emission nebula as it emits light by the ionization of hydrogen atoms. Its fluorescence look is due to the excitation of the hydrogen atoms in the nebula by the nearby extremely energetic star, Xi Persei (also known as Menkib). So, just as we humans get together and form our social bonds, California Nebula is also made of hydrogen atoms mostly that got together by gravitational pull.
As science suggests, we are all made of stardust. We are equal and identically composed. We humans have found a way to survive together on this planet from day one to this day.
Just like the stars. By sticking together.
CURATOR NOTE
I was curious how astrophotography would fit into a curated theme of “Together”. Then I saw the photograph and a lightbulb went off. A single star appears as a pinprick of light. While clusters of stars, gasses, atoms, and light, together, take on a unique shape. In this case, a nebula that is shaped like California.
THE ARTIST
Mustafa Aydın is an astrophotographer with 8+ years of astrophotography and almost lifelong experience in general photography. He was born and raised in a photographer family that has the 3rd generation of photographers, at the moment, perhaps more to come.
His childhood was centered in the triangle of photography, space, and aviation. As such, he studied Physics Engineering for the love of science, cosmos, and technology.
He is concentrated mainly on Deep Space Astrophotography and Widefield Astrophotography, aka Milkyway Astrophotography. Shooting astrophotography takes patience, multi-disciplinary knowledge, and long hours of work. Lots of images of the same object are taken then these shots are stacked and post-processed, in special software.
Mustafa primarily uses his own equipment, a Meade Instruments 70mm Refractory Telescope, Orion Atlas Pro Mount (Tracker), Nikon D5300 Camera, and lots of cables, software, and accessories. He also has access to the Telescope Live remote telescopes located in Chile, Spain, and Australia.
He is co-founder and member of Ankara Astronomy Group, and co-founder and co-owner of Stellar Xperiences. He is a brand ambassador for Meade Instruments. He is a judge for monthly astrophotography competitions organized by Telescope Live.
He has had numerous photos published in national science magazines. Several of his photos have been selected as astrophotography of the day, week, or month from international platforms. One photo was shortlisted in the most prestigious astrophotography contest called "Astronomy Photographer of the Year - Royal Museums Greenwich" in 2020 in the aurora category.
Several of his photos are being exhibited in Gokmen Space and Aviation Training Center in Bursa, Turkey. And, in 2020 Mustafa was able to photograph the Comet Neowise, with rare bicolor (red and blue) ion tails.
More than two dozen photographers, a dozen countries, an age range of nearly 40 years (possibly more, but some won’t tell), multiple languages, and varied styles. Our team consists of members from around the world. We include photographers from Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, India, Italy, Northern Ireland, Russia, Spain, Turkey, and the United States.
What could possibly bring this diverse group together? There’s only one thing in the world strong enough to do that: a deep love for photography.
Our collective was formed on the intentional basis of being DIFFERENT - different artists with different backgrounds, different races, languages, ability/disability, ages, and genres.
When the theme was announced there was a collective sigh, literally heard round the world. In all honesty, the theme of TOGETHER presented a challenge to nearly every single person on the team. From landscape, travel, nature, astro, portrait, fine art, urbanscape, and conceptual photographers, we’ve all literally spent the past two years ALONE.
World conditions have left everyone in isolation. The thought of “TOGETHER” was at the same time refreshing and terrifying. A few members panicked, some laughed, some left, most cringed at the thought. But in the end, the theme of TOGETHER has brought us TOGETHER.
We’ve dug through our archives, shot new images, edited like crazy, and shared critiques. Then we went back and started all over again!
This collective is the labor of our love, created with laughter, fun, and friendship. With our members spread over at least a dozen time zones, meetings were sometimes varied, crazy, and broken into smaller parts depending on the parts of the world. When you think about that accomplishment alone, accomplished with a bunch of creatives no less, you realize the depth of the loyalty to the project, to the team, and to each other.
Long late nights filled with love, laughter, jokes, craziness, and support have been the backbone of this project since the beginning.
For members of the team who are just beginning their NFT journey, it is an honor to be included with seriously talented photographers, who have been secretly discovered to be just normal people. We are all photographers but we don’t act like competitors. The community and support have been the stuff of legends. We want everyone to make it. Together as a team, we have been able to celebrate victories, face challenges, share as we have won awards, been represented by galleries, sold limited edition fine art prints, and are helping ensure everyone on our team is kicking it in the NFT world.
Through it all there is one common theme: every single member shares the same passion for photography. When asked what the best part of our team is, one member replied, “Love, kindness, love, happiness, love!”
Or, as they say in Ireland, the craic!
CURATOR: AlphaTrilogy
ARTISTS
- Armand Sarlangue
- Daniel Viñé
- Dima Chatrov
- Donna Martinez
- Ekrem Şahin
- Elena Liseykina
- Emre Bostanoglu
- Enrico Fossati
- Eric Boniakos
- Gianluca Podestà
- Hendro Soetrisno
- Houston Vandergriff
- Jidhun M.G.
- Joffrey Briaud
- Kat Livengood
- Kristen Valent
- Kristin Piljay
- Leslie Spurlock
- Mustafa Aydın
- Pam Voth
- Paul Killeen
- Paul Moon
- Sabine Weise
- Sara Zanini
- Xose Casal
- Yuri Santin
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"We are made of star stuff." - Dr. Carl Sagan
Star stuff. The image that comes to mind may be a sidewalk full of Hollywood stars. Or maybe it means we are all covered with sparkly glitter. But, when Carl Sagan said that he wasn’t just being metaphoric.
In a very poetic way, he was saying that the materials in our bodies were forged in distant, long-extinguished stars. He was meaning we are all the same. And, we are also the same as the cosmos itself. Let that sink in for a minute.
Our bodies are mostly made of water. For those that don’t remember much about high school chemistry, that means, in other words, H2O. Two atoms of hydrogen - the most abundant atom in the universe and in our bodies; and one atom of oxygen - that we require to breathe.
Speaking of science, California Nebula is an emission nebula as it emits light by the ionization of hydrogen atoms. Its fluorescence look is due to the excitation of the hydrogen atoms in the nebula by the nearby extremely energetic star, Xi Persei (also known as Menkib). So, just as we humans get together and form our social bonds, California Nebula is also made of hydrogen atoms mostly that got together by gravitational pull.
As science suggests, we are all made of stardust. We are equal and identically composed. We humans have found a way to survive together on this planet from day one to this day.
Just like the stars. By sticking together.
CURATOR NOTE
I was curious how astrophotography would fit into a curated theme of “Together”. Then I saw the photograph and a lightbulb went off. A single star appears as a pinprick of light. While clusters of stars, gasses, atoms, and light, together, take on a unique shape. In this case, a nebula that is shaped like California.
THE ARTIST
Mustafa Aydın is an astrophotographer with 8+ years of astrophotography and almost lifelong experience in general photography. He was born and raised in a photographer family that has the 3rd generation of photographers, at the moment, perhaps more to come.
His childhood was centered in the triangle of photography, space, and aviation. As such, he studied Physics Engineering for the love of science, cosmos, and technology.
He is concentrated mainly on Deep Space Astrophotography and Widefield Astrophotography, aka Milkyway Astrophotography. Shooting astrophotography takes patience, multi-disciplinary knowledge, and long hours of work. Lots of images of the same object are taken then these shots are stacked and post-processed, in special software.
Mustafa primarily uses his own equipment, a Meade Instruments 70mm Refractory Telescope, Orion Atlas Pro Mount (Tracker), Nikon D5300 Camera, and lots of cables, software, and accessories. He also has access to the Telescope Live remote telescopes located in Chile, Spain, and Australia.
He is co-founder and member of Ankara Astronomy Group, and co-founder and co-owner of Stellar Xperiences. He is a brand ambassador for Meade Instruments. He is a judge for monthly astrophotography competitions organized by Telescope Live.
He has had numerous photos published in national science magazines. Several of his photos have been selected as astrophotography of the day, week, or month from international platforms. One photo was shortlisted in the most prestigious astrophotography contest called "Astronomy Photographer of the Year - Royal Museums Greenwich" in 2020 in the aurora category.
Several of his photos are being exhibited in Gokmen Space and Aviation Training Center in Bursa, Turkey. And, in 2020 Mustafa was able to photograph the Comet Neowise, with rare bicolor (red and blue) ion tails.
More than two dozen photographers, a dozen countries, an age range of nearly 40 years (possibly more, but some won’t tell), multiple languages, and varied styles. Our team consists of members from around the world. We include photographers from Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, India, Italy, Northern Ireland, Russia, Spain, Turkey, and the United States.
What could possibly bring this diverse group together? There’s only one thing in the world strong enough to do that: a deep love for photography.
Our collective was formed on the intentional basis of being DIFFERENT - different artists with different backgrounds, different races, languages, ability/disability, ages, and genres.
When the theme was announced there was a collective sigh, literally heard round the world. In all honesty, the theme of TOGETHER presented a challenge to nearly every single person on the team. From landscape, travel, nature, astro, portrait, fine art, urbanscape, and conceptual photographers, we’ve all literally spent the past two years ALONE.
World conditions have left everyone in isolation. The thought of “TOGETHER” was at the same time refreshing and terrifying. A few members panicked, some laughed, some left, most cringed at the thought. But in the end, the theme of TOGETHER has brought us TOGETHER.
We’ve dug through our archives, shot new images, edited like crazy, and shared critiques. Then we went back and started all over again!
This collective is the labor of our love, created with laughter, fun, and friendship. With our members spread over at least a dozen time zones, meetings were sometimes varied, crazy, and broken into smaller parts depending on the parts of the world. When you think about that accomplishment alone, accomplished with a bunch of creatives no less, you realize the depth of the loyalty to the project, to the team, and to each other.
Long late nights filled with love, laughter, jokes, craziness, and support have been the backbone of this project since the beginning.
For members of the team who are just beginning their NFT journey, it is an honor to be included with seriously talented photographers, who have been secretly discovered to be just normal people. We are all photographers but we don’t act like competitors. The community and support have been the stuff of legends. We want everyone to make it. Together as a team, we have been able to celebrate victories, face challenges, share as we have won awards, been represented by galleries, sold limited edition fine art prints, and are helping ensure everyone on our team is kicking it in the NFT world.
Through it all there is one common theme: every single member shares the same passion for photography. When asked what the best part of our team is, one member replied, “Love, kindness, love, happiness, love!”
Or, as they say in Ireland, the craic!
CURATOR: AlphaTrilogy
ARTISTS
- Armand Sarlangue
- Daniel Viñé
- Dima Chatrov
- Donna Martinez
- Ekrem Şahin
- Elena Liseykina
- Emre Bostanoglu
- Enrico Fossati
- Eric Boniakos
- Gianluca Podestà
- Hendro Soetrisno
- Houston Vandergriff
- Jidhun M.G.
- Joffrey Briaud
- Kat Livengood
- Kristen Valent
- Kristin Piljay
- Leslie Spurlock
- Mustafa Aydın
- Pam Voth
- Paul Killeen
- Paul Moon
- Sabine Weise
- Sara Zanini
- Xose Casal
- Yuri Santin
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