# Surreal Sphere Photography This Joana Garrido Series is Abstract By Josh Triantafilou | Published 2012-05-14 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/joana-garrido References: [photographyserved](http://www.photographyserved.com/gallery/-I) & [behance.net](http://www.behance.net/JoanaGarrido) Singapore-based photographer Joana Garrido recently shot a series of abstract photographs, enigmatically titled, 'ʘ (I),' that will leave many viewers wondering what it is exactly they're looking at. Each of the photographs depicts various plants and flowers from an intimately close-up and magnified perspective. Using a fish-eye lens, Garrido causes this already abstract imagery to become bounded in spheres. The aesthetic is strikingly reminiscent to that of a marble. Petals, stems and leaves float languidly in perfectly circular oceans of translucent, almost glowing colors. In many ways, it is like something one would see in astronomical photography. Indeed, looking through the series is like peering into a telescope and viewing the swirling, iridescent gases of some far off nebulae. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.5/10 - Popularity: 59% | Activity: 69% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Modern](https://www.trendhunter.com/modern) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Abstract Sphere Photography:** There is an opportunity to explore new ways to use abstract sphere photography in advertising campaigns, art installations, and interior decoration. - **Intimate Macro Photography:** Intimate macro photography can be applied to various industries such as home goods, fashion, and beauty products, by capturing unique perspectives and textures of products. - **Fish-eye Lens Photography:** Fish-eye lens photography has the potential to be incorporated into brand campaigns, showcasing product details and building immersive visual experiences. ### Who This Affects Most - **Art:** This surreal sphere photography style could be used in art installations and exhibits to create unique and abstract expressions of reality. - **Advertising:** Brands can leverage abstract sphere photography in their ad campaigns to create an otherworldly and memorable impact on their target audience. - **Interior Design:** Surreal sphere photography can be used as prints or decor accents to create a dream-like and ethereal atmosphere in interior spaces such as homes, hotels, and restaurants. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Blurry Abstract Photography Exhibits](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/optical-allusion.md) - [Blooming Clustered Art Forms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/structural-botany.md) - [Painting-Immersive Photo Exhibits](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/new-ground-exhibition.md) - [Candy-Like Colorful Glass Sculptures](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/gele-series.md) - [Artful Garden Inflatable Spheres](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/this-is-air.md) - [Surreal Love-Themed Sculptures](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/joakim-ojanen.md) - [AI-Generated Poetic Photo Series](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/emilio-alarcn.md) - [Paper Curvature Lights](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/paper-curves.md) - [Flower-Inspired Vibrant Rugs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/espressionismo-floreale.md)