cinemagraphs

Adapting a legacy file format with new digital tools, photographer Jamie Beck and visual graphics artist Kevin Burg have created what they called "cinemagraphs" - still images that move - thus capturing and preserving moments in time with precision and emotion.

Breaking News: CBS News 2011

The resulting photographs, animated images that Ms. Beck calls "cinemagraphs," featured an elegant Ms. Rocha in her New York apartment flicking her kohl-lined eyes or letting a balcony breeze tousle her hair.

NYT > Home Page By KAYLEEN SCHAEFER 2011

In preparation for Fashion Week we were trying to figure out a way to show more about what it was like being there, so cinemagraphs were born out of a need to tell a story in a fast digital age.

Turnstyle: So Long Animated GIFs, Hello Cinemagraph Turnstyle 2011

In preparation for Fashion Week we were trying to figure out a way to show more about what it was like being there, so cinemagraphs were born out of a need to tell a story in a fast digital age.

Turnstyle: So Long Animated GIFs, Hello Cinemagraph Turnstyle 2011

I don't want to look at a bunch of shoddy, 30-second video clips, but I do want to look at 2 second cinemagraphs.

Gizmodo Adrian Covert 2012

You can see more cinemagraphs at Jamie's Tumblr photo blog From Me To You.

Turnstyle: So Long Animated GIFs, Hello Cinemagraph Turnstyle 2011

You can see more cinemagraphs at Jamie's Tumblr photo blog From Me To You.

Turnstyle: So Long Animated GIFs, Hello Cinemagraph Turnstyle 2011

On the evening of Friday, Feb. 15, an exhibition of documentarian Albert Maysles’ photographs and cinemagraphs opened at the Steven Kasher Gallery in Chelsea.

Documentary Auteur Albert Maysles Assembles His Scrapbook 2008

On the evening of Friday, Feb. 15, an exhibition of documentarian Albert Maysles’ photographs and cinemagraphs opened at the Steven Kasher Gallery in Chelsea.

Documentary Auteur Albert Maysles Assembles His Scrapbook 2008