Cygnet

"How can we know the dancer from the dance?"
William Butler Yeats

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Cygnet, Painting with Light Projection Photography with Kodachrome Transparencies by John Neville Cohen

'Cygnet' is one of John Neville Cohen's Painting with Light photographs. Created using projection photography and Kodachrome transparency film, the dancer is projected onto a piece of canvas (that had been used to clean the oil paint off an artist's brushes), this was used as a screen and then photographed to add texture and colours, without digital manipulation or darkroom effects.

This photograph is an example of his unique technique, using only light and film to create special effects, even on colour reversal film! Developed by John Neville Cohen using his 'Magic Lantern' projection methods that allow everything to be seen in the viewfinder.
See 'The Magic Lantern' described techniques

This photograph was created by John Neville Cohen using his 'Painting with Light' projection photography techniques and Kodachrome transparency film. The image forms part of his International award-winning portfolio of analogue photographic special effects.