Panoramic photography is a special kind of
photography where one achieves very wide angles of view
(up to a full circle of 360 degrees) by collating normal
frame photos together.
The ways of making panoramic photography are diverse: 360 degrees
cinema movies are usually made by installing 9 coordinated cameras on
a helicopter in a circle. For stills photography there exist special
panoramic cameras which can take wide angles of up to 180 degrees.
I make my panoramic photos by taking between 2 to 15(!) photos in a
sequence.
On one hand it is impossible to obtain a perfect matching (due to
movements of clouds, different illumination angles etc.),
but on the other hand, one can use the extra time
dimension in order to multiply objects (people, for instance) and
in the overall get technically an imperfect photo, but
artistically, an interesting one.
You can see
some
examples of Assaf Zomet and other examples by Pete Fagerlin.
About the artist I'm a member of the Israeli association of artistic
photography specializing in panoramic photography since
1988. As far as I know, I'm the only panoramic
photographer in Israel, and I assume, one of a very few
in the world. As I'm a student in Tel Aviv university,
my wife and I can take advantage of the long summer vacations
and travel frequently abroad for trekking in difficult
mountainous areas (like
South America and Africa) where I take pictures. Later on we make
exhibitions and show the photos in public...
Previous and future exhibitions
About the exhibition: Consisted of panoramic
photos from Canada, Switzerland, France and
Israel. Although it was my first exhibition, due to the central
location of the place where it was held (Tel Aviv's cinematheque, in
the hart of town), my photos were seen by thousands of people.
The photo is of the small old town of Morat
(Murten) in the Bern Canton in Switzerland.
About the exhibition: Consisted of panoramic
photos from New Zealand and the Indian
Himalayas, as taken during our 1995-6 around-the-world trip. The exhibition
was fully sponsored by the government of India and Air
New Zealand and was officially opened by the head of public
affairs in Tel Aviv University, Mr. Yoram Shamir, Mr. S.P. Singh,
first secretary in the Indian Embassy in Israel and Mr. Yoram
Hirschler, the general manager of Euromart, the representative of Air
New Zealand in Israel. The photos were
exhibited in Tel Aviv university, the biggest university in Israel
with more than 25,000 students, and was a great success.
In the photo you can see the Shingo La
mountain pass in the Indian Himalayas (5,100m' above sea level).
About the exhibition: "Volcanoes of The
World" is my newest exhibition
which took place between 18/5/03 and 30/5/03 in the central library of
Tel Aviv university and between 15/07/03 and 25/10/03 in the national museum of science in Haifa. In year 2004, it was exhibited between the 2/4/04 and 22/4/04 in BEIT YAD LEBANIM in Ramat Hasharon. It consists of panoramic photos of more than 20 volcanoes from 14 countries (Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Iceland, Italy, Greece, Spain, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and Israel).
The sponsors of this exhibition are the Greek governmental tourist board and the Chilean embassy in Israel.
The exhibition is planned to be shown in various cities in Israel throughout 2004.
The photo is of the Island of Santorini in Greece, which is an active volcano.
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