Dead but still/moving... looks at the 'still/moving'; that is, creative work in a space between still images (photography) and moving pictures (cinema). Recently there has been a wave of interest in the still/moving in installation art and feature films but there has been virtually no written commentary on the still/moving in documentary, and even less on the slide show and documentary. From magic lantern shows to PowerPoint presentations, the slide show has cast a long shadow on documentary film. In the 1880s the New York Police reporter, Jacob Riis, barnstormed America with magic lantern...
Dead but still/moving... looks at the 'still/moving'; that is, creative work in a space between still images (photography) and moving pictures (cinema...