iCandy: Made to Measure

Keeping tabs on air, oceans, food, and beer

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Photo: Stephan Tillmans
You’ve surely noticed it but probably never gave it a second thought: the little flash of light that zips across a TV screen in the instant after it’s powered down. In the series “Luminant Point Arrays,” Stephan Tillmans, a German photographer, has captured dozens of the unique pulses that zigzag across cathode ray tube TV displays as images decay. Who knew that each time you clicked the remote you were creating a work of art?

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