Watch this video to see how light flows through stained glass from dawn to darkness. This time lapse video -- part of the exhibition "Scaling Washington"
at the National Building Museum -- highlights the movement of stained
glass light at the Washington National Cathedral. Photographer Colin
Winterbottom was making fine art and documentary photographs of
earthquake repairs at the Cathedral when he noticed the beautiful spray
of colored light moving through scaffolded work spaces. He had little
experience making time lapse, but thought the phenomenon had to be
captured, especially as it moved over surfaces across time.
The final video shows movement of light through areas of the
Cathedral familiar to visitors as well as through temporary work spaces
with limited access. Most of these vantages could only be accessed
while scaffold was in place. The opening and closing images, for
example -- with the west rose window centered straight ahead within the
nave -- cannot be recreated now that scaffold is down.
Stained glass time lapse, Final edit from Colin Winterbottom on Vimeo.
For more timelapse Cathedral fun, see this:
colinwinterbottom.com/Asset.asp?AssetID=76080&AKey=VKNT9F5T
2 comments:
How utterly stunning! Light is liquid! I love when the light from our windows shines on my face, but to see it move and flow like this is is absolutely, well, ravishing.
Compare this to the glitzy shows that use stage lighting and block out all natural light in the worship space. It’s sad, really.
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