Cool Scientific Photography That Demonstrates Time Over Space

These photos made us say, “wow” because they are super stylist and very cool, but once we discovered that these images have not been photoshopped, we let out a deep and resounding “WHOA!” in the Whoa Headquarters. Seriously?! An architect, painter, political activate and cinematic special-effects designer (AND student of cognitive sciences, we might add) by the name of Jay Mark Johnson has managed to create these images using a slit camera that emphasizes time over space. Movement is registered moment by moment as subjects pass by the camera lens – viewing the left side of the picture is not looking leftward but actually backward in time. Johnson admits that the idea for these photos are a result of a chance discovery. He purchased an $85,000 rotating slit-scan camera often used for high-res panoramas. Johnson experimented with stopping the rotation and honing in on one tiny area. And voila! These fabulous photos were born that showcase a scene composed sliver by sliver. Quite outstanding, wouldn’t you agree?