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The mechanical function of a camera focuses light onto photosensitive film mimicking the biology of the eye. For that reason, Skot Jonz considers photography the “art of capturing light.” |
Self-Portrait at Arecibo, 1999 (Copyright © 2006 Skot Jonz)
This self-portrait was taken at the viewing platform outside the visitor's museum at Arecibo Radio
Telescope. Considered the largest radio telescope in the world, this photograph does not do justice
to its immensity. This telescope, nestled into the unusual landscape of Puerto Rico is designed to
"capture light" from distant galaxies. In collaboration with the SETI Project, they hope to hear the
signals from an advanced civilization outside our solar system. Any type of radio signal, UV, visual
spectrum, microwave, are simply different wavelengths of the same thing -- light. In the foreground
stands a coin-operated tourist binocular, simply reinforcing the various levels on which we capture
light. I chose to make this a self-portrait, because of my affinity for the telescope itself, but also to
demonstrate how we, as living entities, also emit light.
We truly are BEINGS OF LIGHT.
This self-portrait was taken at the viewing platform outside the visitor's museum at Arecibo Radio
Telescope. Considered the largest radio telescope in the world, this photograph does not do justice
to its immensity. This telescope, nestled into the unusual landscape of Puerto Rico is designed to
"capture light" from distant galaxies. In collaboration with the SETI Project, they hope to hear the
signals from an advanced civilization outside our solar system. Any type of radio signal, UV, visual
spectrum, microwave, are simply different wavelengths of the same thing -- light. In the foreground
stands a coin-operated tourist binocular, simply reinforcing the various levels on which we capture
light. I chose to make this a self-portrait, because of my affinity for the telescope itself, but also to
demonstrate how we, as living entities, also emit light.
We truly are BEINGS OF LIGHT.
