“I believe that our sense of experience is built up over time - a composite of many short-term events. […] The ocean has always made me feel calm, relaxed, and contented. If I were to take an instantaneous snapshot of the ocean, the photo would include waves with jagged edges, salt spray, and foam. This type of image does not make me feel calm - it does not represent how the ocean makes me feel as I stare out over the water. With this series of images I have used the camera as a scientific instrument, the way a biologist might use a microscope or an astronomer a telescope, to reveal what is felt but often unseen.” —— [read rest of the artist statement here] David Fokos, Solar Eclipse I - June 10, 2002, San Diego, California (2002) [+]

“I believe that our sense of experience is built up over time - a composite of many short-term events. […] The ocean has always made me feel calm, relaxed, and contented. If I were to take an instantaneous snapshot of the ocean, the photo would include waves with jagged edges, salt spray, and foam. This type of image does not make me feel calm - it does not represent how the ocean makes me feel as I stare out over the water. With this series of images I have used the camera as a scientific instrument, the way a biologist might use a microscope or an astronomer a telescope, to reveal what is felt but often unseen.” —— [read rest of the artist statement here]

David Fokos, Solar Eclipse I - June 10, 2002, San Diego, California (2002) [+]

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