There are a lot of precedents for this kind of long exposure photography. I have already talked about Hiroshi Sugimoto and his stunning long exposures of the insides of movie theaters. I was familiar with Sugimoto’s work before starting this project and the initial idea was simply to do for music venues what Sugimoto had done for movie theaters. Sugimoto would open his shutter at the start of the film and close it at the end. I open the shutter at the start of the song and close it at the end. (more…)
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They Called it Photodynamism
Posted in Bands, Photography, tagged Anton Giulio Bragaglia, Arturo Bragaglia, Eugene Atget, Grand Pocket Orchestra, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Italian Futurism, large format photography, long exposure, stages, whelans on January 24, 2011| 4 Comments »