This is just truly amazing. The frame containing all the Stills. The subtile and clear view points out that a video (even in HD) cannot ever replace a picture. Pictures, especially black and white, leave you to imagine what what the surroundings were like and what was happening outside the picture when it was taken.

Brings up good memories to my history book in High School.

awesome concept, i really like it~!

you rule.

Great simplistic detailing, great concept.
Flawless execution.

So well introduced, made, done !

one of my favorites, ever!

Cool and creative idea. I'd like to see more of these.

very creative.... I aa like it.

brilliant concept, flawless execution. this one deserves an award! does someone have a blue ribbon laying around here? I absolutely love the innovation I see here every day on Vimeo. I find more inspiration here than anywhere else in my life... thank you for creating this and sharing it with us, Aaron! Where was it shot? SoCal, I'm imagining?

Thanks everyone!

A

Nice and simple. Great concept.

Visually arresting!

very good idea.einai iperoho. it is fantastic

great work

Simple, creative, very cool. (I'd love to have some criticism, but I can't think of any just yet. Coming soon.) What did you shoot with? Did you do anything special for the time lapse, or did you just speed up the footage in editing?

Dig it big time. Excellent settings - Finish was perfect.

Really nice idea. Works brilliantly.

awesome idea. great job!

Very cool! A snapshot of life thing.

yes very exelent. With what camcorder was it record?

Wonderful - very compelling

yea. this is nice.

thumbs up

great concept. original.

sweet, the break beat with the birds nicely done

love it.

Makes me want to pause during the day today and look at things closer.

Could this be any better? Very creative concepts and executed flawlessly. Really makes you think about the reaches of both photography and video.

This is beautiful. I agree with Billy, each concept is seen through to the end. The only thing I noticed was that the pause of the girl is more "frame capture" from a video (which it is.. heh) than a photo, because of the way it blurred with a double image, but I only focused on that after trying to find a flaw!

It's really awesome. And a wonderful track with it as well.

i could see the street sweepers broom still moving in color if you look close at it

Bravo! Nicely done emulating the photos with a cardboard cutout like that. If it wasn't for some lighting artifacts giving away the three dimensions of the inside cutout of the frame, it would look just like still photos. I'm curious -- what camera and software did you use?

what a great idea.

kudos sir. wow.

Loved it. A crossover between photog. and videog. Is it reality? Is it a photo? Reality all the in the frame of reference...

Excellent piece of work all around.

Simplemente maravilloso. Puedo soñar sólo con ver el vídeo. Gracias :P

This is an excellent video! How Video and Photography go hand in hand to create the pause in time.

Brilliant.

wonderfully done... i saw an interactive online example and tool allowing you to do something similar at VUVOX

vuvox.com/channels/10906

They have a creation tool --> vuvox dot com / cutout

Extraordinary!!

wow that was amazing!

Superb. no other word

Wow. Very creative. Catches your attention.

so simple , so good

this is one of the coolest videos I've seen yet on Vimeo

perfect job
what music did you use?

Am I the only one that has a complaint? :)

Some critizism, then: first, the photos imho are not compelling. After the video I felt how photographs are limited by their nature, how blunt and empty they are. The two palmtrees, branches, roads, half a girl's torso, a badly cropped fountain...

Imho, the concept is smart, well executed (it was probably hard to fight the wind), but the photographs inside the box where awful. Perhaps next time have a photographer there to frame the shot, then catch the video around that framed shot.

Second, the white box it quite big, no? :) Is it a polaroid?

Thanks.

wonderful. I recognize this area; east la/montebello, near the kaiser

really nice. you should do some motiontracking on some places. other than that, great!

nice one !

Nice...

me and mah homies luv dis shit!
take care, dawg
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amazing.

This is really great.

very good!
a fresh video.

a beautiful combination of moving and still photography like i have never seen before, original. the simple music in the background acted loke perfect accents on the changes
loved it

Awesome....!!!!

The subtle breeze that moves the frame is very nice and makes it real.

The black and white is such a nice contrast to the colorful reality, like you created a frozen fine art print.

Great idea, really original. I see things like this and it totally inspires me.

Very nice movie, it reminds me Urban Blooz work (from Bordeaux/France)
ekosystem.org/tag/blooz

Great, I have been working on a similar idea. For critical theory look at this photographer.

mocp.org/collections/permanent/josephson_kenneth.php

Helps explaining to people who don't understand

I don't see the point in rationalize too much the meaning of a video. I just found it awesome, touching, full of rhythm and dynamism. Yet relaxing, kind of hypnotic.

The music is brilliant.

It definitely made a very pleasant pause in my summer evening.

Congrats for it!

why do people always try to over analyze or over describe a composition? Just be simple and plain: this piece of work is vibrant & awesome.

Nice simple concept, well executed.

So lovely.
Could you please tell me what music you used?
Thanks for sharing.

I actually shed a tear.

Ive always wondered what those metal stands are called.