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A paper looking at the idea of 'Cyclical Time' in photography and film, focusing on two particula... more A paper looking at the idea of 'Cyclical Time' in photography and film, focusing on two particular artists whose work has been highly influential in contemporary culture. Tim MacMillan developed the technique of "Bullet Time" popularised by the Wachowski brothers in the film "The Matrix". Looking at the relationship between still and moving image, this essay argues that the techniques adapted by MacMillan actually date back to the earliest experiments in photography. With this in mind, how do we contextualise this alternative to 'linear time' within the socio-economical framework of Postmodernity and how do we view this 'Eternal Present' within the multiple perspectival imaging systems surrounding us today?
An examination of the issues around portraits of indigenous Shamans created by frontier photograp... more An examination of the issues around portraits of indigenous Shamans created by frontier photographers at the turn of the 19th Century. The essay looks at the relationship between science, imagination and the occult, making comparisons with Spirit Photography from the same period. It looks at how photography as an object of objectivity helped to shape ideas around non-Western cultures as racially and culturally inferior and the response to this in Europe with Spiritualist photography's attempts to legitimize their occult practices through the 'scientific aura' of photography.
A paper looking at the idea of 'Cyclical Time' in photography and film, focusing on two particula... more A paper looking at the idea of 'Cyclical Time' in photography and film, focusing on two particular artists whose work has been highly influential in contemporary culture. Tim MacMillan developed the technique of "Bullet Time" popularised by the Wachowski brothers in the film "The Matrix". Looking at the relationship between still and moving image, this essay argues that the techniques adapted by MacMillan actually date back to the earliest experiments in photography. With this in mind, how do we contextualise this alternative to 'linear time' within the socio-economical framework of Postmodernity and how do we view this 'Eternal Present' within the multiple perspectival imaging systems surrounding us today?
An examination of the issues around portraits of indigenous Shamans created by frontier photograp... more An examination of the issues around portraits of indigenous Shamans created by frontier photographers at the turn of the 19th Century. The essay looks at the relationship between science, imagination and the occult, making comparisons with Spirit Photography from the same period. It looks at how photography as an object of objectivity helped to shape ideas around non-Western cultures as racially and culturally inferior and the response to this in Europe with Spiritualist photography's attempts to legitimize their occult practices through the 'scientific aura' of photography.