Understanding how topological structures emerge, evolve, and can be transferred between physical systems is a central question in modern physics.In our group, we have developed an expertise to optically write & erase topological structures in liquid crystals, in a directional manner with respect to various degrees of freedom of light (polarization, phase, amplitude). In this regard, understanding the morphogenesis process remains a challenge that we propose to address by developing a novel optical imaging technique. This capability will enable the investigation of the dynamics and topology of liquid crystal textures and defects, as well as phase transitions and nucleation processes, in fundamentally new ways.