Scanner Camera

Scanner Camera:
Mod a flatbed scanner to take photos that deconstruct time and motion
Mike Golembewski | Make Vol. 14- 2008 | Pdf | 9 pgs | 3 mb

Several years ago, I built my first scanner camera. The idea was simple: I would
use an ordinary flatbed scanner with a homemade large-format camera. The
camera would focus the image onto the scanner bed in place of photo paper or
film. I expected this to be a quick little art project made with a cardboard box,
the cheapest flatbed scanner I could find, and lots of duct tape.

But when I got it all to work, the results were wonderful. Stationary objects
photographed normally, but moving objects appeared twisted and distorted
into fascinating shapes. At first I thought there was something wrong with my
contraption, but then I realized that the movement of the scan head was
meshing with the movement in the recorded scene. The distortion is similar
to the effect created by moving an original on a photocopier mid-copy, but
extended into the real world.
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