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Heinrich Heidersberger (1906 – 2006)
1959
Photograph on Agfa paper (facsimile)
Gift of Lila Oliver Asher
University Art Collection 2018.13.6
German photographer Heinrich Heidersberger, known for his photographs of architectural subjects, was inspired by illustrations in a physics textbook to create visual representations of space-time relationships. His resulting rhythmograms record controlled movements of light directly onto photosensitive material.