For twenty-five years, Candace has been a Mechanical and Aerospace engineering professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology specializing in the field of aerodynamics and utilizing photography in her research. Shirley Nannini worked as a high school teacher and administrator at Evanston Township High School for over thirty years and reinvented herself by actively pursuing her passion for photography.

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A student project led to a series of steps and turns that evolved into an intriguing and unique art form neither anticipated and both were enthralled with. The result has been a resolute artistic endeavor and collaboration that we formalized together in 2012 as Wind Flow Photography. Since that time Candace and Shirley have shown in over 50 group, gallery, museum and solo shows throughout the United States.

 

Their current work uses an innovative and novel approach to capture the essence of wind movement and convey its transient nature.  They introduce smoke into a wind tunnel and allow it to flow over various objects.  As the wind and smoke interact, the intrinsic laws of nature produce extraordinary patterns in the wake created behind the objects. “Ethereal” and “organic” are words others have used to describe the abstract yet naturally occurring patterns we have captured.  Their photographs seek to draw the viewers into an evolving, dynamic view of nature and art in the creation of beauty.

   

To learn more visit:  www.windflowphotography.com