Photo Discovery Project: “Mechanical Gaze: Seeing Through Contact”

A photograph taken on film is first developed into a negative, which is then exposed onto photographic paper in a darkroom, usually enlarged, to make a positive print; a digital camera turns the light into a file instead. The exposure time decides how time appears in a photograph: a fast shutter freezes motion, while in a long exposure still buildings stay sharp, car lights draw streaks, and passers-by who are there only briefly disappear. Long exposures are easiest in low light. Rut Blees Luxemburg, born in Germany and based in London, photographs the city at night with long exposures, using only the light from street lamps and office blocks. Prints made by inkjet with pigment inks, often labelled pigment print or giclée, resist fading better than those made with dye inks.

Find the things in the picture that move: water, clouds, car lights, people. Are they sharp, blurred, or gone?

• Fashion photography 패션 사진→Fashion photography, made for magazines and brands, is one branch of photography.
• Photography 攝影→Same topic in Taipei
• Photography 写真→Same topic in Tokyo