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Captive electricity

Dazzling work by Hiroshi Sugimoto.

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Hiroshi Sugimoto uses a 400,000-volt Van De Graaff generator to apply an electrical charge directly onto his film.

See also Peter Miller’s Polariod experiments.

Update: Robert Buelteman uses electricity to take photos of flowers.