What is panography?
A panograph is an image that consists of
multiple small views, reassembling in a
mosaic-like quality.
What is the process of capturing of
panography?
When setting up for a panograph, I pick the
place and try to find an angle that is most
balanced in my eye. I want something where
composition is possible. Things that are close
by get obscured in a way... it is hard to imagine
how a panograph will turn out for someone
not involved with the project.
Once I have picked a spot, I will not leave it,
not even in elevation. I will then take hundreds
of photos from that perspective, tilting the
camera from shot to shot. Later, I will sit down
at the computer and reassemble the scene.
I can influence the panograph and shape it
as well as pick how far around I want to see
around – the angle can be anything up until
360 degrees, but, as stated above, the most
important decisions happen before I start
taking the pictures.
How did you discover photography?
It came from a creative push that I felt. I
wanted to capture time in a photo, and the
way I had imagined this didn’t work out due
to technical difficulties. I just decided to go
from time-changing to place-changing, which
is much easier to grasp in a printed photo
anyway.
What interested you most about
panography?
That is was possible to capture the time
change after all! At first, it was not completely
clear to me, but when I started going outside
with the idea and applied the principle to
more crowded places, I realized how much it is
possible to display exactly what I had in mind.
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