The Infinite Now

An inspiring and powerful cinematography (ish) project for you today, looking at the sheer power of the ocean.

Dutch cinematographer Armand Dijcks has teamed up with Australian photographer Ray Collins to create a cinemagraphy project entitled The Infinite Now. Cinemagraphy is a technique that looks a lot like slow-motion cinematography, but there is a key difference: the video is not made up of video footage but of many different, intricately-detailed stills, creating a circular and infinite progression (or lack thereof) of the content. Therefore, the waves in this project are on a loop, constantly about to crash and break, but never actually doing so.

The effect this technique has upon the content is to create an immense feeling of suspense; the waves in this clip are always on the cusp of smashing into the sea below, yet never do so. Therefore, they are consistently at their most powerful, never-ending, never losing their force or vigour. This project underlines the natural power of the ocean, giving the sea a sinister edge, a scary puissance that’s not to be messed with. When you couple this with the eerie trumpeted soundtrack, the cinemagraph really does pack a punch, striking fear into the viewer and sending a shiver down their spine.

It’s a stunning piece of work and the detail of the moving stills truly is phenomenal, check it out the video here or click through below.