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)
wannes
Verbazingwekkend hoe creatief en origineel men kan zijn met fractals, deze vind ik erg goed geslaagd! Uitstekend in every way...
polterbyte
Very original. Exceptional homage to your beautiful hometown.
VDH
Inderdaad, dit is heel creatief Ed!!Excellent werk!!
soepie17
Lijkt wel wat op een printplaatje, dus wellicht heb je gelijk met je titel sinds philips haar hoofdkantoor in amsterdam heeft ;-) (alleen de tag 'techno'; muziekstijl verwijst wel weer eerder naar eindhoven, amsterdam is meer van de trance geloof ik :D) Originele plaat iig!
fractalbeke
Kan ik het mooier zeggen dan Johan (Wannes) ??? Neen, joh. Dikke bravo hoor !
CarolSassy
Wonderful details, colors, textures 'n' lines! Sweet dedication to your place of birth! (:
Fidelity2
Thank you for this master-piece.
carlx
Original, creative and wonderful image, Ed!!!
annie5
So different and original Ed! Great texture & colors..perfect :)
renderix
cool work ed!
amota99517
This is really cool!!! The shops in this place must be quite interesting. LOL. Splendidly done.
NekhbetSun
Super cool image here ! wowww
novelist
Great concept. Love the colors, textures and patterns in this. It reminds me of the inner workings of a computer, too.
leanndra
A very intricate and detailed fractal! Glad to see you posting again! Lea
bpclarke
So glad to see you back Ed! This is fantastic. You have been gone way too long. Bunny
kansas
Wonderful design. Glad you are back.
Juliette.Gribnau
Amsterdan is in deze fractal duidelijk herkenbaar ; erg orgineel werk en de associatie naar amsterdam is een leuke vinding !
Henny31
Heel origineel gevonden.. . Ik heb geprobeerd de haak te vinden die men daar gebruiken moet om meubilair naar the hogere verdiepingen the brengen.. maar mijn ogen zijn zo goed niet meer.. lol.. Excellent image!
Titia
Een mooi originele compositie.
e-brink
Uitstekend ontwerp. Het fascineren.
farmerC
Ed, dit is in alle opzichten GESLAAGD. klasse werk
afugatt
Wonderful!
FractalForum
Congratulations! This image has been chosen for the Fractal Window Weekly in the Fractal SubCommunity. You will find the announcement in the Fractal Forum.
pinktwister
Great fractal!!
mountmous
Duidelijk herkenbaar, die oude geveltjes. Mooi werk!
Eleandras
Great image!
three_grrr
Marvelous architectural work!