Sinister Stairway
by Marcia Lee Jones
Title
Sinister Stairway
Artist
Marcia Lee Jones
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
These stairs may lead to a mystery at the very top.
The farther the distance from the object blocking the light to the surface of projection, the larger the silhouette (they are considered proportional). Also, if the object is moving, the shadow cast by the object will project an image with dimensions (length) expanding proportionally faster than the object's own rate of movement. The increase of size and movement is also true if the distance between the object of interference and the light source are closer. This, however, does not mean the shadow may move faster than light, even when projected at vast distances, such as light years. The loss of light, which projects the shadow, will move towards the surface of projection at light speed.
The misconception is that the edge of a shadow "moves" along a wall, when in actuality the increase of a shadow's length is part of a new projection, which will propagate at the speed of light from the object of interference.
Fog Shadow of Sutro Tower
Since there is no actual communication between points in a shadow (except for reflection or interference of light, at the speed of light), a shadow that projects over a surface of large distances (light years) cannot give information between those distances with the shadow's edge.
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May 14th, 2012
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Jon Glaser
love all the triangles and lines in this,,,and also love the little hint of color from the light on the wall!!v.f.w,
Kathy Braud
It is so wonderful to see this image in the great value contrasts of white, black and middles. The curves and shadows do spectacular pattern effects to the shapes of the stair trapazoids. There is also a lush amount of dark value toward the bottom hinting of continued activity in the shadows. I like! Marcia. v/fav