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The Smithsonian Institution held a contest recently to see who could create the best portrait. The competition drew lots of engaging photos and paintings. But contest winner Bo Gehring took a completely different approach. A video camera pans slowly over his subject, almost like an MRI machine, with the lens only inches above her body. It begins with her feet and ends with her face. The portrait's soundtrack is a piece of music chosen by the subject.
Above you can see Gehring's winning entry, a portrait of Jessica Wickham. Her chosen music was Arvo Pärt's “Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten.”
Full list of stories from KUOW Presents, May 28:
- Massacre Alleged In Syria
- Kurdish Storytellers Revive Their Tradition In Turkey
- Bridge Replacement Plans From Olympia
- Portrait in Video
- T-Shirts Poke Fun At Bridge Collapse
- Voices of Moore Following The Tornado
- The Geography of Hate (or at least Hateful-Tweets)
- The UnSlut Project
- Writer's Almanac
- Branding Beer
- How Should a Doctor Navigate the Various Beliefs of Dying Patients?
- Best Of The Conversation: Early Seattle Music, Hendrix, And Heart
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