Flipping through massive Facebook photo albums with prodigious speed is definitely a 21st century skill, but what would it look like if you photographed that process? Hauntingly beautiful, it turns out.
The photographs, long exposure shots of a computer screen snapped as Facebook albums were rapidly flipped through, were taken by Phillip Maisel as part of a project called "A More Open Place," a quote by Facebook King Mark Zuckerberg himself.
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There's plenty more at Maisel's site. Check them out and keep them in mind the next time you're looking at your friend's insipid vacation album. [Phillip Maisel via Peta Pixel]
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DISCUSSION
You don't need to over-exposed-photograph all the pictures. It can be made in Photoshop or other.
- Open 1st picture.
- Import 2nd picture in the same window. Give it a 50% transparency (1/2 * 100%) and combine it with background.
- Import 3rd picture. Give it a 67% transparency (2/3 * 100%) and combine it with background.
- Import 4th picture. Give it a 75% transparency (3/4 * 100%) and combine it with background.
- Import 5th picture. Give it a 80% transparency (4/5 * 100%) and combine it with background.
- etc...