Light painting photography is an art form, a technique consisting of creating images by capturing the movement of light. in all of Ray’s creations, light is manipulated by hand, capturing its constantly shifting movement.
The beautiful thing about shooting in the dark is that when you shoot in the dark, the camera sees nothing on its own, it can see only what you show it, only what you light up, and this allows you to truly get creative.
Ray explores a wide range of techniques, with many artworks highlighting the abstract nature of light. Inspired by its beauty in all its forms, her practice captures the paths of light within the frame, creating seemingly impossible images that reveal something hidden in the real world.
Since 2016, had two solo exhibitions in the traditional art world, alongside participation in numerous group exhibitions. Artworks have also been exhibited at international NFT and Web3 exhibitions and events across both IRL and metaverse spaces, including NFT Paris, NFT.NYC (2023–2024-2025), NFT Lisbon (2023–2024), Blockchain Futurist Conference (2023-2024–2025), NFT Bucharest (2024), ETH Boston, and others, reaching audiences in both traditional art contexts and decentralized communities.
Light painting photography stands as a clear testament to the beauty and expressive potential of light. Its creative possibilities introduce new sensations, colors, and meanings into our perception of the world. The artworks are executed in complete darkness, either in a controlled studio environment or at night in locations free from light pollution.
Despite the widespread discourse around contemporary art and the influence of technological and digital transformations in photography, the emphasis in these artworks remains firmly on analog, manual, and low-tech aesthetics. By drawing on techniques from the earliest practices of photography and applying them within a contemporary context, the approach seeks to reinvent the medium and expand its expressive possibilities.My intention is to raise awareness of the existence of this type of artform (“light painting photography”) and its inherent charm.
All artworks are light painting photographs created in real time and captured in one single photographic frame. Each image is produced without digital manipulation or post-processing, with raw files retained as proof of process.
This ability practicing light painting, allows us to bring our thoughts into reality and implement it. Light Painting by its nature, is connected to imagination.I believe that the more we create and practice with this technique the more we can develop our skill to imagine, and this will naturally affect and apply to all parts of our lives. Then we can improve our reality and create more developed civilizations.
Painting in the vastness of space, drawing manually by moving the flashlight by hand in midair through total darkness, the camera records the movement of light, and the creation emerges only in the final frame. This process asks us exactly that: to first paint in our imagination and then witness the vision materialize into a tangible image.
Today, we experience a world where the imagination is not nurtured properly, due to exposure to the many visual stimulation of the digital age. Imagination is rarely encouraged, practiced or explored. I believe we can harness this potential more fully with our given tools by focusing and practicing consciously, creating a new and better reality. It is well understood that our thoughts and imagination shape our reality. By cultivating imagination, we can improve our reality both on an individual level and as a society.
