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Sue Runkowski[a], visual artist

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Surreal still life of vintage film and photo cameras, reels of film, and scattered prints in a teal-toned studio, with floating equipment and glowing light suggesting the transition from still photography to motion pictures.

From image to sequence

Film does not freeze reality, it reshapes it. Motion pictures transform vision from isolated images into flowing meaning.

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A richly colored, painterly scene of a traditional photography darkroom illuminated by a warm red safelight. A large Beseler enlarger stands at the center, surrounded by trays of developing prints glowing in red tones. Shelves are lined with chemical bottles, tools, and hanging instruments, while scattered photographs and equipment fill the space, creating an atmospheric, immersive view of analog photographic process and craft.

Growing up with a photographer

A personal story about growing up with a photographer—and discovering his artistic legacy too late.

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A lone human figure stands centered on an empty road at sunset, facing a dramatic sky where swirling clouds form the shape of a giant camera, blending warm orange light with cool blue tones in a surreal, symbolic landscape.

Photography as metaphor

Photography turns the real world into metaphor, using light and time to express ideas, emotion, and meaning beyond the visible.

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A surreal, digitally rendered composition of a vintage film camera fused with a large metal film reel, floating against a swirling abstract background of deep blues and fiery reds. Strips of film curl outward like ribbons, interwoven with wires and mechanical elements, while glowing red and white circular shapes resemble drifting light or particles in motion. The image blends photography, cinema, and time into a dynamic, dreamlike scene suggesting movement, memory, and technological evolution.

What photography and film teach us about time

Explore how photography freezes time while film reveals movement, transformation, and the hidden rhythm between moments.

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A close-up of a person’s blue eye seen through a camera viewfinder, surrounded by vivid neon lights and colorful bokeh effects, symbolizing creativity, technology, and human connection with digital vision.

The camera that thinks

How smart cameras push artistic boundaries, merging human intuition with machine innovation.

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A surreal artwork of a vintage camera surrounded by swirling splashes of vivid orange, blue, and red paint. Human eyes and a clock face emerge from the fluid colors, blending elements of time, perception, and creativity in a dreamlike composition.

Can film be truly surrealist?

How filmmakers transform realism into breathtaking illusions of the surreal.

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A highly detailed close-up of a human eye with vibrant blue, green, and orange hues in the iris, illuminated with glowing, electric-like textures, blending organic and digital elements to evoke a sense of technology and wonder.

Photography’s unseen magic

Cameras reveal what our minds filter out.

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