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Shadowgraphy or ombromanie is the art of performing a story or show using images made by hand shadows. It can be called "cinema in silhouette". It can be called "cinema in silhouette". Performers are titled as a shadowgraphist or shadowgrapher.
Shadowgraph is an optical method that reveals non-uniformities in transparent media like air, water, or glass. It is related to, but simpler than, the schlieren and schlieren photography methods that perform a similar function.
In late 1910, Frank appears to have begun using the stage name “Frank Frazee” as a solo shadowgraphy artist. [54] It was a name that he would keep using for more than a decade, perhaps for the rest of his life. Often at this time he presented his shadowgraphy as part of a vaudeville company.
Shadowgraphy may refer to: Shadowgraphy (performing art), using hand shadows; Shadow play or shadow puppetry, performing art using cut-out figures; Radiography, the use of X-rays; Shadowgraph or shadowgram, an optical method that reveals non-uniformities in transparent media
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Albert Almoznino (Hebrew: אלברט אלמוזנינו; March 3, 1923 – April 7, 2020) was an Israeli hand shadow artist.He gained international recognition in the years 1958-1975 when he performed his hand shadow skills in front of thousands of people at Radio City Music Hall New York, Paris Olympia, Reno Nevada, "The Ed Sullivan Show" [1] and other places.
Shadowgraphy and shadow puppetry represent early examples of the intent to use moving imagery for entertainment and storytelling. [1] Thought to have originated in the Far East, the art form used shadows cast by hands or objects to assist in the creation of narratives.
Séraphin was born in Longwy, near Luxembourg.The art of using shadows to form figures onto a screen can be traced back to 9th-century Indonesia and China. European travellers saw these "Ombres Chinoises" (Chinese shadows) and returned home with descriptions of their performance. [1]