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I wish we could take gifs of our own lives. Something more than a still photo, but less than a whole video that will require editing. Recording something that spans time longer than the frozen moment in a photo. Wouldn’t that be a logical next step for photography? And yet, gifs seem so…old. A paradox indeed. From Motherboard.TV The internet of yesterday is no more. Long gone are the days of HTML frames, kitschy border graphics and blinking scrolly-text. But from the ashes of the anarchy that was Web 1.0, there is one flavor of imagery that has lived on long past its own expiration date. The animated GIF’s role in today’s internet isn’t steeped purely in nostalgia, however. What was once a ubiquitous embellishment on the web pages of commoners and corporations alike is now so much more. Come with me as we explore the many faces of these versatile, digital zoetropes. More here

I wish we could take gifs of our own lives. Something more than a still photo, but less than a whole video that will require editing. Recording something that spans time longer than the frozen moment in a photo. Wouldn’t that be a logical next step for photography? And yet, gifs seem so…old. A paradox indeed.

From Motherboard.TV

The internet of yesterday is no more. Long gone are the days of HTML frames, kitschy border graphics and blinking scrolly-text. But from the ashes of the anarchy that was Web 1.0, there is one flavor of imagery that has lived on long past its own expiration date. The animated GIF’s role in today’s internet isn’t steeped purely in nostalgia, however. What was once a ubiquitous embellishment on the web pages of commoners and corporations alike is now so much more. Come with me as we explore the many faces of these versatile, digital zoetropes.

More here

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