Stroboscopic Photographs
My stroboscopic photographs are a collection of self-portraits created using stroboscopic techniques. In the 1930s, Professor Harold Eugene Edgerton transformed the stroboscope from a laboratory instrument into a widely used photographic tool. Stroboscopic art photography was later pioneered by Gjon Mili in the 1940s, who used the technique to record successive actions within a single frame.
Using either flashes of light or the mechanical interruption of an exposure with a handmade stroboscope, these images are captured sequentially rather than instantaneously. By altering the papers used within the mechanical stroboscope and working with an early DSLR camera, I introduce texture, softness, and intentional grain into the resulting images.
While stroboscopic photography is often used to freeze multiple actions within a single frame, I frequently employ longer exposures to create a more fluid rendering of the movement. The resulting figures appear multiplied, fragmented, and transformed.
I began working with stroboscopy in the early 2000s and continue to explore variations of the technique.
