Photographer William Miller captures the unexpected abstract beauty on a New York canal's surface
Last year photographer William Miller wowed us with his Ruined Polaroids project, a stunning study of colour and texture produced using a broken Polaroid SX-70. The same unerring eye for finding visual gold in unlikely places is present in his newest body of work, Gowanus Canal. William is able to capture some real beauty in the scummy surface of this Brooklyn waterway, strange patterns and colours that take on the ethereal quality of abstract art under his expert lens. Flotsam and jetsam has never looked so good.
William Miller: Untitled. Gowanus Canal
William Miller: Untitled. Gowanus Canal
William Miller: Untitled. Gowanus Canal
William Miller: Untitled. Gowanus Canal
William Miller: Untitled. Gowanus Canal
William Miller: Untitled. Gowanus Canal
William Miller: Untitled. Gowanus Canal
William Miller: Untitled. Gowanus Canal
William Miller: Untitled. Gowanus Canal
William Miller: Untitled. Gowanus Canal
William Miller: Untitled. Gowanus Canal
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Rob Alderson is a freelance writer, editor and strategist. He was previously editor-in-chief of It’s Nice That and WePresent, and editor of Design Week. He publishes the newsletter Undo, which tries to make sense of how AI is changing design work, the design process and the design industry.

