Between Art and Engineering
I was born in an old world, from two very different yet strangely similar parents, that gave me some interesting traits. In my mother’s family tree, there is an important poet and several high IQ persons. In my father’s family tree there are photographers, high-end technicians and most of the male parts of the tree were tinkerers.
I grew up as an introvert. Books, electronic parts and later computers were my main interests for many years. I also tried writing, although I never pictured myself as a poet. Childish verses would flow onto old and cheap paper notebooks as I was passing through my first love stories. Later, feeling the need to be creative, I started photography and worked as a professional for 14 years. I started programming and went to a second engineering university (Computer Science and Engineering), so today I’m working in this field as a researcher.
I was blessed to be part of both the engineering and art worlds. My background and genetic legacy have allowed me to mix them, applying engineering in photography and art-level creativity in engineering. People usually tend to separate them, to see them as un-mixable, water and oil, but the truth is they are not.
Engineering in Art
Leonardo da Vinci understood this very well. One of the most prominent figures of the Renaissance, he was an artist…
