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Taki Bluesinger
Left: Part II, Confidence #3 / Right: Part II, Confidence #4, 1978

 

A long exposure makes it possible to record movement on film. In these images, a dramatic effect is created by the circular motion of the light source against the darkness. The parts of the figure in motion appear blurry. This photographer used light to literally "draw" on the film.