12:31 is a series of photographs concepted by Croix Gagnon and photographed by Frank Schott.
‘In 1993, a convicted murderer was executed. His body was given to science, segmented, and photographed for medical research. In 2011, we used photographer to put it back together.’
Process:
‘This animation represents the entire data set (1,871 slices) of the male cadaver from the Visible Human Project. The animation was played fullscreen on a computer, which was moved around by an assistant while being photographed in a dark environment. The resulting images are long-exposure “light paintings” of the entire cadaver. Variations in the movement of the computer during each exposure created differences in the shape of the body throughout the series.’
Directed by George Cressey