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June 22, 2011 10:43 AM

German photographer Peter Langenhahn has an unusual approach to sports photography: he combines multiple images from numerous times in the competition into a collage, with striking effects.
posted by ricochet biscuit (21 comments total)

I was tempted to try the same thing with a baseball game recently, but haven't yet had the time or energy.
posted by antifuse at 10:54 AM on June 22, 2011

Delightful!
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 10:55 AM on June 22, 2011

Brilliant way of incorporating the dimension of time into a photograph.
posted by kinnakeet at 10:56 AM on June 22, 2011 [3 favorites]

Very cool. I particularly love the gymnastics one, and the football fouls.
posted by jacquilynne at 11:01 AM on June 22, 2011

Related, but different.

Another similar photo collage post. The link is dead, but you can find a gallery here.
posted by filthy light thief at 11:06 AM on June 22, 2011

It's like old mosaics and classical paintings where the whole story is present in a single frame.
posted by Jon_Evil at 11:19 AM on June 22, 2011 [1 favorite]

These are fun!
posted by Threeway Handshake at 11:37 AM on June 22, 2011

Like.
posted by crunchland at 11:41 AM on June 22, 2011

I once heard about a similar project done using footage of car accidents from a security camera in one of Helsinki's worst intersections, but I never came across it.
posted by Anything at 11:42 AM on June 22, 2011

Ha! I was just about to make some sort of Richard Scarry comment, but the second link did it for me. (I think I've just outed myself as one of those people who goes through the links backwards.)
posted by nebulawindphone at 12:00 PM on June 22, 2011 [1 favorite]

That's great.
posted by marxchivist at 12:30 PM on June 22, 2011

That "multiple images" link makes soccer look much more interesting that it really is.
posted by slogger at 12:35 PM on June 22, 2011

These are fantastic.
posted by maxwelton at 1:01 PM on June 22, 2011

Also, Gizmodo's shooting challenge did something like this recently.
posted by antifuse at 1:05 PM on June 22, 2011

Those are fabulous. Thanks!
posted by dejah420 at 1:23 PM on June 22, 2011

Also, can I just say how much I fucking HATE Gawker websites now? Trying to find that Gizmodo shooting challenge post was... Miserable, to say the least.
posted by antifuse at 1:34 PM on June 22, 2011

I do that with my kids in different poses and costumes using the PTGui panorama software. It's quite fun.
posted by acheekymonkey at 2:02 PM on June 22, 2011

Organised chaos!
posted by bwg at 6:42 PM on June 22, 2011

Modern technology.. meh.
posted by ReeMonster at 12:23 AM on June 23, 2011

I like the photos. I hate the videos used to display static images and read text to me. No extra information but I lose all the features of written text.
posted by DU at 5:38 AM on June 23, 2011

These are awesome.
posted by Mitheral at 12:19 AM on July 14, 2011