Holography MarketPlace 5th Edition

This interesting hologram was shot in an unusual way. The Chinese Lion Dancer was shot not with a video but with 36 cameras which were set to go off in sequence as the dancer danced. The images were then transferred to a computer and worked up using Photoshop. The artist gives a more in depth explanation of the process in the book.

As an artist, you may be wondering how they get this cinema sequence, which is a large number of images, on one hologram. The concept is fairly simple and the resulting holograms are referred to as holographic stereograms. The idea is that you cover the unexposed hologram with a mask and you allow just a thin vertical slit (going from the top to the bottom of the hologram) to be open on, let's say, the left side of the hologram. You expose the first frame of your sequence there. Then the mask is moved so a slit right next to where you just exposed is open and everything else is masked. You expose the next image there. You continue this process until you have exposed the entire hologram.

You now have a hologram that is composed of numerous vertical slits and each one has different frame from your cinema sequence in it. As the viewer rotates the hologram from side to side, your eyes see the cinema played back and, in this case, in color.

We have a limited supply of the Chinese Lion Dancer holograms available in label format.

It is not possible, of course, to demonstrate the characteristics of the hologram on the web but you can get the hologram by simply ordering the publication it is in (hmp5). You will get other artistic designs using holograms in the issue too. The cost is inexpensive ($20) and can be ordered here.