German photographerMartin Klimasphotographs sound using paint.

He starts by putting different colored paint on top of some translucent material, underneath which is a speaker.

Klimas photographs these motion and each photo becomes an analogue representation of the music.

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Martin Klimas has captured portrait of many different songs from Miles Davis to Kraftwerk.

The resulting images are Klimass attempt to answer the question What does music look like?

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