Stroboscopic photo of bending back to touch floor
Marina Graham: Sculpture and Imagery
Stroboscopic Photos 1
Marina Graham: Sculpture and Imagery
Stroboscopic Photos 1

The images on these pages are the result of old fashioned (non digital) photography using a stroboscopic lamp with variable speed (the kind
sometimes used in discos or nightclubs) as a substitute for the camera's flash. Long, slow shutter speeds and precise timing of the opening
and closing of the shutter have enabled multiple exposures to be made on each frame of a black and white film. The pictures were taken
with a Rolleiflex SLR camera.

Juliet Waylen, a painter who also had a passionate raw talent as a dancer, modelled for me and assisted with these photos. I am indebted
to her for the general amazingness of the resulting images.

Our first results produced mainly chaotic multiple exposures. These were nonetheless intriguing and the occasional emergence of clear
shapes resulting from the trajectory of a particular movement excited me and hinted at what might be possible with practice and with
concentration on the precise timing of the beginnings and ends of the exposures.

Her energy was a great inspiration to me and both of us were able to become intensely absorbed in the music, movement and rythm (Sound
and Vision!!).

After a series of sessions my timing was such that we were able to produce these striking multiple exposures.

I will never forget my anticipation while developing the negatives, nor my elation on exposing them to the light for the first time and
discovering among the frames shapes which revealed the very epitome of the mesmerising beauty the human body can have in movement.

I printed a number of them as black and white prints as part of my degree show in the early eighties and have kept all the strips of negatives
rolled up in a box for the last quarter of a century.

In 2004 I began experimenting with these images using digital processes and colour. I became fascinated by the transformations and mood
changes it was possible to bring about by altering the colours and contrasts in the same image. I have generated many versions of some of
these images. Some of which can be seen on this website.

I am now busy sorting out the ones which work best, either as single images or as triptychs or series and am beginning to make these
available for sale as limited editions. Due to their dynamic and unusual nature I expect them to become very sought after.

Editions of each image, triptych or series will be limited to 250 in number worldwide and will be printed in various sizes but always at a
resolution at least six times higher than the images on my website (my copyright naturally).

They will always be printed using archival quality inks usually on acid free art paper so that they can be mounted and framed.

In order to suit certain contemporary or minimalist interiors some editions may be printed on canvas on wooden stretchers. This will enable
them to be displayed frameless to good effect.

If you like these images, I suggest you make yourself a drink and sit and enjoy a good browse. I thank you for your interest in my work and
hope you will return.