Kitchener, Canada
About Stephen Orlando:
Stephen Orlando is a photographer and aerodynamicist based in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. During his engineering studies at the University of Waterloo, he received a master’s of applied science in aerodynamics. He is a self-taught photographer and specializes in capturing movement with long exposure photography and LED lights. This has been an ongoing project since 2014 called Motion Exposure. Stephen’s photos showing paths of objects are inspired in part by the streamlines of fluid flow he sees in his day-to-day work. An avid canoeist and kayaker, many of his photo shoots take place in remote locations in the Canadian wilderness. Stephen is also inspired by photography pioneers Harold Edgerton and Gjon Mili as well as artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. His work has been exhibited in the United States, Korea, Italy, Taiwan, and at home in Canada.
Selected exhibitions
- Lumen Art Festival - Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 2024
- Lumen Art Festival - Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 2023
- National Museum of Mathematics - New York City, 2022
- Kitchener Public Library - Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, 2018
- Wilfrid Laurier University - Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2017
- MUSEO DI PALAZZO DUCALE - Mantova, Italy, 2016
- Wilfrid Laurier University - Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 2016
- Pier-2 Art Center - Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, 2015
- Tom Thomson Gallery - Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, 2015
- Busan Biennale - Busan, South Korea, 2015
Education
- University of Waterloo, Master's of Applied Science - Waterloo, Ontario, Canada,2011
- University of Waterloo, Bachelor of Applied Science - Waterloo, Ontario, Canada,2007
Press Accolades
- Bridge Math Art Conference Invited Speaker - 2017
- National Museum of Mathematics Invited Speaker - 2022
- OCAD University Guest Lecturer - 2016
- National Geographic, “Invisible Wonders” (hardcover book) - 2023
- Fisica.Verde (hardcover Italian science textbooks) - 2023
- PhotoViz, Visualizing Information Through Photography (hardcover book) - 2016
- National Geographic Espana - Feb 2015
- SuperLux – Smart Light Art, Design and Architecture for Cities (hardcover book) - 2015
- https://mymodernmet.com/stephen-orlando-kayak-light-paintings/ - 2016
- https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2016/12/stephen-orlando-light-paintings/ - 2016
- https://www.wired.com/2014/12/long-exposure-photos-show-elegant-hidden-patterns-sports/ - 2014