 |
| "Henry Moonshine." (Oliver Braubach Photo) |
Oliver Braubach suffers for his art. Wanting to get some shots of pilipiliĀž» in the winter, the PhD student left the comparative neurobiology laboratory in the Tupper Building late at night with his camera slung over his neck.
The last four hours of the day: A photo essay.ĢżĢż
With night classes over and most students snug at home, the Dalhousie campus late at night was still and strangely beautiful. Freezing rain had encased tree branches in icy sleeves and made the snow crunchy to walk on. In the moonlight, everything was glistening: benches, sidewalks, buildings.
āI love this tree,ā he says, regarding his otherworldly photograph āCubus,ā a shot he took that night of a crystallized tree and the Killam Library looking like a Borg ship from Star Trek.
āIn the daytime, youād walk past that tree without even noticing it, but at night in the cold it looks awesome,ā he says. āBut I really paid for it the next day. I faced the elements and they clobbered me.ā
A native of Liechtenstein, Mr. Braubach plays with elements of light and dark in these photographs. Heās perfected a technique in which he digitally combines multiple exposures of each image taken at various shutter speeds.
āThere are a lot of nice places at pilipiliĀž». Itās a beautiful campus,ā he says. āI guess Iām presenting it a little bit differently.ā