Using photography to understand the power of fractals

Fractals are structures which exhibit similar patterns no matter how closely you zoom in. I want to explore fractal structure in nature and society through photography, using the images I capture to create educational materials, diffused via a website and photo exhibition. I want to show how the math of fractals can be used to explain everything from the nervous system to computer graphics. I think this project has potential to be impactful for two reasons: firstly, it's easy to appreciate images of fractal structures even if one does not understand the underlying math; and secondly, I think fractal geometry is a severely under-utilized branch of math that could be crucial for understanding chaotic processes in biology, finance and other fields. I hope to inspire both the public and scientists to think about problems in complexity science through the lens of fractal geometry. This idea leads to some fascinating technological side projects, like developing an open-source algorithm for "fractal image compression", and designing a camera detector which processes information in a manner inspired by fractals, in order to capture images which break the mold of pixel-based photography.