The point of this project was to capture and study movement on a still frame in the style of Futurist Photodynamism. I used an old 35mm camera, exposing each film for around 1-4 seconds per shot. I then switched to a pinhole camera and lengthened my exposure time to 3 hours per shot. The pinhole shots were originally exposed with the black and white inverted, and the image flipped (like a negative). I later fixed this in Photoshop and attached a second view of each image. The original shots are shown before the Photoshop-enhanced views.
Click this link to see the original Futurist Photodynamism Manifesto by Anton Giulio Bragaglia.
Movement: Eyebrows (test strip) —>
35mm camera — 1-4 second exposures:
Movement: Arc
Movement: Jumping
Movement: Adduction
Movement: Rolling
Pinhole camera — 3 hour exposures:
Movement: Uneven perpetual motion
Movement: Hour hand moving from 7-10 p.m.
Movement: Even perpetual motion
* Special thanks to model, Eddie Macintosh. *
