sparklers an animated GIF project by ryan enn hughes

an image from ryan enn hughes’ ‘sparklers’ GIF series, 2012 all images © ryan enn hughes

ryan enn hughes, a director and photographer based in toronto, canada, has produced a new animated GIF series picturing individuals jumping about a darkened space ‘painting’ with a lit sparkler. the collection of moving images portray four young people drawing illuminated and non-static shapes in various formations as the artist has sewn together several 5,000 pixel images for each piece. the photographs were captured by hughes in first constructing an entirely darkened interior space then making permanent these light-drawn images with a DSLR camera set to an eight-second exposure. hughes notes that while he has been experimenting with the medium of animated GIFs for some time, ‘sparklers’, is his first completed moving picture project.

this man moves the sparkler in shapes creating squares, stars, hearts and straight lines around his jumping form

the woman pictured here moves about the darkened space, creating elongated light drawings

a young man springs into the air, moving his light in a manner that creates winds, a halo, hearts among many other more fluid forms

‘love’

‘sparklers – behind the scenes video’ by ryan enn hughes

project info:

crew director/photographer: ryan enn hughes digital technician: james kachan make up artist: anna barseghian stylist: alexis honce assistant: gabe nivera, gio ciampini videographer: gio ciampini editor: ryan enn hughes music: the farragoes (the end of the affair)

cast jamieson child aja brandmeier dave knox angela leung nola martin chris reilly

via huffington post