Backlit wax-infused photograph

Since I'm interested in the translucency of wax-infused Japanese unryu washi paper, I've been experimenting with backlighting a photograph printed with pigment ink. I used an extra deep IKEA RIBBA frame and LED diode strips. Though the result is acceptable, I still need to tweaks the positioning of the light strips, the addition of a reflective aluminum backing and the colour of the light. I'd also like to see if I can layer the prints.

Less is more

Greatly reducing a digital image in size, transforming the shape of the displayed colour information, then reducing the original colour information within that shape to a single colour provides the viewer with a whole new experience. Or is it? In a sense, it's like returning to the early days of low resolution digital photography where modern-day hyperrealist detail was just a dream. But doesn't such a rudimentary pointillist image (created with an app called 'LED Photo') invite us to imagine more? I much prefer the texture, rawness and tactility of an image in which one can indeed see the underlying pixels—like dabs of paint on a canvas.