![]() I simply stretched – It’s more like haiku where you just stretch one moment to two moments to three moments to four moments, and it suited me very well because I – Then I could get into all sorts of arcane, esoteric subjects. I was interested in, again, metaphysical issues like what happens when you die? So I did a little sequence called “The Spirit Leaves the Body.” So you saw this dead – supposedly dead man on a bed and I double exposed him getting up, walking away, so I did the moment before and the moment after. To achieve these effects, he would have had to rewind the film to shoot over the previous exposure to reveal increments of motion in a ghostly film When Michaels shot this series there were no digital cameras. Now she is all blurred motion as she moves toward whatever comes next. In the final frame death is gone, and the old woman rises from her chair. He walks to the woman and touches her shoulder. The focus clears as the man comes closer. His image is blurred as he walks toward the old woman. In frame 2, a tall man walks into the frame from the back room. The woman casts a shadow on the wall behind her, and as the woman’s shadow fades, we see another show in the distance, in the room behind where the woman sits. Each frames moves us a little closer to the old woman sitting in a chair before the viewer. This series is called Death Comes to the Old Lady. See, I’m much more interested in what something feels like, so if I see a woman crying, I want to know what’s the nature of her grief? Why is she crying? So I became very frustrated with the limitations of the medium which eventually evolved into my writing with photographs because, again, I was frustrated – so I wasn’t being hip and cool, I’m not – See, I don’t even wear black. I found what interested me were things like what happens when you die? I mean, traditional photographers would photograph a corpse or they would photograph people crying in black at the cemetery. ![]() The idea of shooting sequentially sprung from his notion that a single frame only touched the surface of an event, and Michaels wanted to tell stories: The art world knows him because he began to take photographs in sequence. When an opportunity arrose to travel to Russia, he jumped on it, bringing along a camera: “And I took a camera and if I hadn’t taken the camera, I never would’ve been a photographer.” He worked for Time Magazine in advertising and promotional work. He didn’t set out to become a photographer, it just sort of happened. It does not store any personal data.Duane Michaels is a professional photographer. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Location: Spirit Falls, Little White Salmon River, WA, USA ![]() ![]() Location: Grampians National Park, Victoria, Australia Location: Bachalpsee, Grindelwald-First, Switzerland Take a look at a few of these insane images below: These startling images were captured – in sequence – for the Red Bull Illume Image Quest 2013 and they provide an insight into the skill and fearlessness – and just plain craziness! – these extreme sports enthusiasts possess. The small figures of brave men and women pitted against the overwhelming, grand vistas of nature as they charge down snowy slopes, power down rapid waterfalls, leap across dark chasms, or reach for the next handhold on a sheer cliffside. Our frail forms laid bare to the whims of nature. ![]()
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