Shihad music video slows down time to get a more indepth view on peoples reactions. This is a good example of how by stopping something or slowing it down it allows us to get a better view of the true effects over time.

Jill Greenburg

Jill Greenburg's photography goes further than most other photographers in reference to the extreme use of lighting. Her photography is extreme and almost scereal. She steps beyond the realm of studio lighting and gives her objects an almost 'non human' like appearance. Her images do however trigger a responce when viewed. A lot of her images capture emotions of the human face at their most extreme. Although is seems that Jill Greenburgs images are somewhat staged she manages to capture time just as Harold Edgerton does. Similarly to Edgerton Greenburg manages to capture her object in a state of change. In doing this she is capturing a moment therefore, in a sense, capturing time.

initial shoot

The above shoot was taken to show time within the constraints of my house. This shoot was intended to be an experimentational shoot looking at different ways to capture time (slow and fast shutter speeds and stop motion). Although this is an experimental shoot some good ideas have arose with where I am to head in further shoots. This has further enforced my idea of capturing the reactions of humans to show time.

Gregory Crewdson

In the two above images Crewdson has captured moments in time and almost looks as if the photographs are taken from stills from a film. Crewdson has captured time in a way that leave the viewer to question the story behind the photo.

Capturing a break in time where this woman has steped away from her day and is taking the time to sit, and think

This image captures time in a very different way. Capturing movement is a more expressive way of capturing time and usually is more obvious with what exactly is happening.

Gregory Crewdson captures time in many different ways. Whether it is capturing a movement, a story or a moment in time he seems to capture expression and emotion in all images.

Alec Soth

Mother and Daughter, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1999
This image is capturing a time shared between a mother and daughter. Soth has captured time in this photo is by photographing a part of such a routine task that we can all relate to.

USA. Utopia, Texas. 2006
Capturing a time that we can all relate to. The objects within the image are captured at differnet stages within time. This photograph is capturing time that will be changing, the object within the frame may move around or leave the frame before long.


Alec Soth's Photgraphy captures moments that are so familar but rarely thought about. Majority of us are familiar with simple tasks such as heading to the supermarket, therefore Soth's images trigger a feeling that we can relate to. Soth captures the time of daily life in a way that is often overlooked.

Capturing a moment

Harold Edgerton

In my opinion capturing time is capturing a moment, capturing something that is in the process of change. Harold Edgerton's bullet through the apple image potentially one of the most pureist forms of this. For this project I will be looking into how I can capture time by capturing a moment.