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1. SPACE-TIME DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHYPHOTOGRAPHS RECORDED OVER A DURATION OF TIMEExperimental Digital PhotographyBy Rick Doble, M.A. Click to advance or let it run by itself!

2. Why Space-Time?Each of these digital photographs was taken over a number of seconds. The idea was to record a sense of motion along with the passage of time, thus the term "space-time photography". This space-time idea draws on the 100 year old concept of Albert Einstein who saw time as another dimension and who saw space and time as connected to each other. This idea also comes from the Futurist artists in Italy 100 years ago who wanted to depict the continuity of movement over time.

3. "When you see a fish you don't think of its scales, do you? You think of its speed, its floating, flashing body seen through the water... If I made fins and eyes and scales, I would arrest its movement, give a pattern or shape of reality. I want just the flash of its spirit." Constantin Brancusi, sculptor.

4. Musician Playing The Violin Subject movement only. In this 4 second photograph, only the violinist moved and the camera did not.

5. Traffic Lights Through The Windshield Of My Car Camera movement only. In this 8 second photograph, the camera movement was created by the forward motion of the car; the lights along the road were still.

6. My Wife Driving: subject and camera movement combined. In this 4 second photograph both the camera and the subject (my wife) were moving. My camera, in the moving car, recorded the passing lights outside the car as streaks of light and in addition the camera recorded my wife's motion as she drove.

7. My Wife Driving, Close-Up Photograph: subject and camera movement combined.

8. Moving Head At Night: subject movement only. In this 3 second exposure, a woman moved her head against the black background of the night to create these multiple images.

9. Musician Moving Quickly: subject movement only. In this 1/2 second exposure, a fast moving musician blurred his motion against the night sky.

10. Woman With Sparkler: subject movement only. In this 13 second (handheld) exposure, a woman swirled a lit sparkler at night.

11. Highway Lights At Night: camera movement only. In this 8 second exposure, the lighted signs along the highway merged together to make this photograph.

12. Dark Highway At Night: camera movement only. In this 8 second exposure, a lonely stretch of highway at night in the fog was lit by the car's headlights and light reflected off of road signs and also lit by the city lights on the horizon.

13. Ferris Wheel In Motion: subject and camera movement combined. In this 1/2 second exposure, the Ferris Wheel was moving and I was also moving the camera.

14. Abstract "Light-Painting" Design: complex camera movement over an extended period of time. In this 9 second photograph, I moved the camera a number of times. I used complicated and overlapping camera movements to "paint" a shaft of light that appeared in my home.

15. Abstract "Light-Painting" Design 2: complex camera movement over an extended period of time. In this 16 second photograph, I moved the camera a number of times. I used complicated and overlapping camera movements to "paint" shafts of light that appeared in my home.

16. Two Musicians Playing: subject movement only, combined with flash. In this 5 second exposure, I combined a slow shutter speed exposure with the fast lighting of a flash.

17. Self Portrait: subject movement only, combined with a handheld flashlight. In this eight second exposure, I lit my face with a LED flashlight and then moved my head during the shot.

18. Self Portrait: subject movement only, combined with handheld flashlight. In this 8 second exposure, I lit my face with a Mini Mag flashlight and then turned the light toward the camera to outline my face.