Striking photos by Texas photographer show bullets embedded in Plexiglass



Source: Deborah Bay Imagine if a bullet went supernova. That's what comes across in Houston photographer Deborah Bay's "The Big Bang" series, which features bullet fragments suspended in inch-thick plexiglass.

Source: Deborah Bay Imagine if a bullet went supernova. That's what comes across in Houston photographer Deborah Bay's "The Big Bang" series, which features bullet fragments suspended in inch-thick plexiglass. Photo: Deborah Bay Photo: Deborah Bay Image 1 of / 23 Caption Close Striking photos by Texas photographer show bullets embedded in Plexiglass 1 / 23 Back to Gallery

Imagine if a bullet went supernova.

That's what comes across in Houston photographer Deborah Bay's "The Big Bang" series, which features bullet fragments suspended in inch-thick plexiglass.

Bay said she got the idea while buying plexiglass. After a few false starts, she arranged for officials at the Public Safety Institute at Houston Community College to fire bullets at several sheets of plexiglass at their firing range.

Among the weapons used are a .44 Magnum pistol, 9mm Uzi, Glock pistol and .22 long rifle, according to the Daily Mail.

The Houston photographer then took the sheets back to her studio to capture them on camera.

She found the results to have a deceivingly seductive quality, she said, contrasting a beautiful image with the inherent violence caused by the bullet.

"The brain kind of kicks in and says this is something that causes damage and has a potential for harm," Bay said.

Bay said she finished the collection in 2012, but added some new photographs in January 2013.

Scroll through to see the results of Bay's project.

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