A cinemagraph, a.k.a. cinegraphs is a still image that moves, developed by photographer Jamie Beck and visual graphics artist Kevin Burg. The idea for cinegraphs came up when the pair was preparing for Fashion Week. They wanted to tell more of a story than a single frame but didn’t want the hassle of creating a video.
These two outstanding artists have may have finally found a way to elevate the animated GIF to a level approaching fine art, with their “cinemagraphs”—elegant, subtly animated creations that are “something more than a photo but less than a video.”
Credit: Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg.
A cinegraph that pretends to be a video, looped footage endlessly repeating, is somewhat less interesting. However, this image of New York City subway cars continuously passing through a station; a train that never ends is absolutely mesmerizing. I had never seen anything like it before. For more awesome images of cinegraphs, please click here.
Good Day and remember that you should never go out without your camera tied up to your waist.
These are amazing – truly. Of course, the problem always is that I see things like this and think, “I want to do that!” But this is way above my pay grade – I don’t even know if my dumb phone will shoot video! I guess my camera will, but I’ve never explored it.
That’s ok. I’ll just appreciate what these folks have done!
Same here Linda. I can barely take pictures and write poor English. These guys are heads and shoulders above me, but it’s always good to know that these darlings exist and that maybe, just maybe you can get there a thousand years from now. (Tongue-in-cheek).
Take Care,
Omar.-
Wow !! Thanks for sharing this post !!
I loved the way you describe the images of cinegraph as “something more than a photo but less than a video.”