Ed Algra, born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1930, now living near Rotterdam. My education was a technical one, I came by accident to artistry, although I always had much interest in art, photography and music.ÂÂ
I’m a retired chemical engineer, worked at a research institute on mechanical properties of plastics and composite materials. I heard of fractals for the first time in the late eighties, and then read the well known books of Prof. Hans Lauwerier and other authors on this subject. At that time I also attended a Fractal symposium at the Technical University Delft, where Benoît Mandelbrot and some other prominent authors revealed the secrets of this new mathematical world. The pictures they showed made an overwhelming impression. Years after that, after my retirement and the connection to the web in 2005, I discovered what had happened in the meantime, the birth of a new kind of art, based on fractal concepts. Then it became a creative hobby for me. Both the mathematical and the artistic side of it have my interest.  Especially Ultra Fractal offers the possibility to write your own fractal math codes, and I love it to do so. I started Renderosity uploading on instigation of Arend Nijdam, aka “Fractelaar†in September 2005.
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Comments (27)
farmerC
Dit is echt Schitterend werk,ED.
juca
Perfect job!!
highcrow
Beautiful! This has a very peaceful feel...like a nice meditation symbol.Just lovely!!
Juliette.Gribnau
om ten volle van de schoonheid van deze fractal te genieten.... is de zoom-click bijna een must. Een prachtig werk Ed ! F
carlx
Impressive scene with superb details and design!!
meico
Classic in every respect - colour, composition elegance. Lovely work! Mike
leanndra
A beautiful fractal with the midas touch!
Chromotron
lovely and refine fractal work !! I like the tonality of colors a lot.
annie5
So unique and different Ed..splendid! :)
Fractelaar
Mooi sierlijk spiegelbeeld Ed knap gedaan, prachtig al dat goud
bpclarke
Gorgeous work! Shining and elegant. Bunny
Richardphotos
the opposing factions really hilite your fractal.really focuses one's attention to the center
daffodilbaggins
Very different, and very cool!
dinner
Toppie, kan niet anders zeggen :-)
saretta
Fantastic light and original design,a marvelous piece of Art!!!!!!:-)
mansco
Love this lovely design ;O)
NekhbetSun
Lovely image S
VDH
Heel mooi van design en kleuren! Excellent Ed!
-Josh-
Gorgeous design with superb colors and details !! Excellent done !!
amota99517
Wow! This is some really cool work and very elegant. Your lighting of this piece is excellent. Splendid work!!!
SSoffia
EXCELLENT ATMOSPHERE & BEAUTIFUL SYMMETRY !!!!!
Eleandras
Beautiful!
miincdesign
Wonderful design and lines. Very nicely done!!
afugatt
Gorgeous composition and colors!
DukeNukem2005
Very beautiful, wonderful and very nice work of art!
eraline
gorgeous,5
Lipa
Lovely.