objectively regarding subjectivity (inverting muybridge)
The photographer Eadweard Muybridge is known for his photographs documenting subjects in motion–often against a gridded backdrop. In making* this image I inadvertently stumbled into thinking about what is for me a rather interesting variant on Muybridge's practice. That is, what if (as is the case of these two photographs) the photographs document the movement of the camera / photographer in relation to a static subject. In the case of this image we see the same subject–an underpass–from two different vantage points. The photographs were taken from a moving train. The "subject" appears to have changed, but it actually has not changed: the change is in the location of the camera / photographer. Hmm.
* Beyond taking the photographs I combined them and overlaid the grid and book page / spread in photoshop.
objectively regarding subjectivity (inverting muybridge)
The photographer Eadweard Muybridge is known for his photographs documenting subjects in motion–often against a gridded backdrop. In making* this image I inadvertently stumbled into thinking about what is for me a rather interesting variant on Muybridge's practice. That is, what if (as is the case of these two photographs) the photographs document the movement of the camera / photographer in relation to a static subject. In the case of this image we see the same subject–an underpass–from two different vantage points. The photographs were taken from a moving train. The "subject" appears to have changed, but it actually has not changed: the change is in the location of the camera / photographer. Hmm.
* Beyond taking the photographs I combined them and overlaid the grid and book page / spread in photoshop.