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Rippled: A Light Painting Music Video Shot Entirely In Camera

Rippled: A Light Painting Music Video Shot Entirely In Camera stop motion night music video long exposure light fantasy

Rippled is a music video shot by Australian animators Oh Yeah Wow for a track off All India Radio’s The Silent Surf. The entire video was painstakingly rendered frame-by-frame in camera using long exposure light painting techniques. I think my favorite thing about this piece other than some of the brilliant sequences (and there are many) is the near constant presence of blurred people in the background who look like ghost puppeteers, moving the figures and lights bit by bit. Stunning work. (via vimeo)

Swarms

Swarms surreal sculpture retouching photoshop night light installation fantasy

Photographer Thomas Jackson (previously) has been working on a new series of images based on the idea of swarms, shooting large hovering masses of objects in locations around New York. He says the idea is still a work in progress and that some of these photos should just be considered “sketches,” but I think they’re really fantastic already. See them a bit larger on his site.

By Christopher on December 14, 2011 • fantasy installation light night photoshop retouching sculpture surreal

Light Stencils Commemorate Victims of the 2011 Christchurch Earthquake

Light Stencils Commemorate Victims of the 2011 Christchurch Earthquake street art stencils night New Zealand memorial long exposure light

The 2011 Christchurch earthquake was the largest natural disaster in New Zealand’s history, claiming the lives of 181 people and leaving behind nearly $30 billion in rebuilding costs. Touched by the events of that February day, photographer Fabrice Wittner set out to confront the destruction the best way he knew how: by making art. His Enlightened Souls project utilizes large, human-sized stencils that are painted with light during long exposures, creating thin portraits that appear almost like holograms. Many more images and process shots can be seen here. Images courtesy the artist. (via behance)

By Christopher on November 23, 2011 • light long exposure memorial New Zealand night stencils street art

Light Illustrations by Darren Pearson

I have probably seen hundreds of photographs made using in-camera lighting effects, some with simple shapes to typography, and even television ads. However this series of animal and dinosaur skeletons from San Diego-based photographer Darren Pearson seem to be on a wholly different level. I have no idea how he can make something so complex in a single photograph.

By Christopher on August 19, 2011 • dinosaurs illustration long exposure night tableau

Stellar by Ignacio Torres

Stellar by Ignacio Torres youth surreal people night gifs body animation action

Beautifully executed animations by Texas photographer Ignacio Torres from his series Stellar. Via his website:

This project began from the theory that humans are made of cosmic matter as a result of a stars death. I created imagery that showcased this cosmic birth through the use of dust and reflective confetti to create galaxies. The models organic bodily expressions as they are frozen in time between the particles suggest their celestial creation. In addition, space and time is heightened by the use of three-dimensional animated gifs. Their movement serves as a visual metaphor to the spatial link we share with stars as well as their separateness through time.

These are just a selection of the series, click through to see the entire project. (via bumbumbum and paranaiv)

By Christopher on August 19, 2011 • action animation body gifs night people surreal youth

Long Exposure Air Traffic

Long Exposure Air Traffic night long exposure documentary airplanes

Photographer Terence Chang shot these fantastic long exposure photos in the skies above San Francisco International Airport. See the rest of the set here. (via laughing squid)

By Christopher on May 24, 2011 • airplanes documentary long exposure night

Chicago at night

A killer stereographic photo of Chicago from above by Paul Octavious (previously).

By Christopher on April 9, 2011 • black and white Chicago night stereographic

Character

Character upcycling typography recycling night long exposure

Character is a project based in Finland that converts dismantled signs into individual art objects which can be purchased online here. These photos by Johan Warden make the project all the more striking.