For my third photo shoot which deals with blurred motion and time I was also inspired by the Futurism movement, which was a short-lived Italian art movement, launched in 1909, that included artists such as F. T. Marinetti, Giacomo Balla Carlo Carra, Umberto Boccioni and many others. These artists move on from the static representation of motion and approach abstraction in their depictions of dynamic motion and shifting time, which reflect the dynamic speed and noise of the changing modern age. In many ways that is what pioneers in photography like Ernst Haas did, experimenting with shutter speed to paint with their cameras and create abstract blurs to portray motion.
In Boccioni’s Dynamism of a Soccer Player (1913, above) the use of abstraction in its portrayal of motion is evident. He doesn’t represent a fixed moment, but a “dynamic sensation”. The work isn’t just a painting of a football player but a way to represent the player’s energy and dynamism.
In Giacomo Balla’s Girl Running on a Balcony (1912, above) the artist uses pointillist technique to represent a figure in motion. He doesn’t put anything in the work in particular in focus, in fact the work appears to be continuing outside the canvas, emphasising the girl’s continuos motion.
Creating abstract composition to portray flowing time and continuos motion really intrigues me. It's really fascinating how long exposure and moving subjects create painting-like photos. I think it's an interesting idea, that I would also like to apply to portraits and landscape photography.
Creating abstract composition to portray flowing time and continuos motion really intrigues me. It's really fascinating how long exposure and moving subjects create painting-like photos. I think it's an interesting idea, that I would also like to apply to portraits and landscape photography.
