In Celestial Bodies, Dan Gazit creates an abstract macro photography series that transforms a tabletop experiment into a private cosmology. Tiny water droplets are placed on a glass surface coated with Vaseline, while colored backgrounds beneath the glass interact with the liquid.
Each droplet acts as a miniature lens, bending and refracting light. The petroleum jelly distorts the surface, producing complex visual textures and optical effects. Through this interaction, the droplets begin to resemble stars, planets, and distant nebulae.
What originates as a controlled studio setup becomes an illusion of infinite space. The flat surface dissolves into depth, and the small scale expands into a cosmic field.
