I developed a fascination with the magic of photography at the age of four, while watching my parents work in the black-and-white darkroom they had set up in our basement. My young mind was captivated by the incredible experience of seeing a photographic image fade into view in the developer tray, while I was immersed in the other-worldly environment of a red safelight, strange opto-mechanical gadgets, and the pungent aroma of stopbath and hypo solution.

My attraction to panoramic images began about the same time, and was initiated by our frequent trips to historical and art museums. I could not quite figure out exactly what it was that I was looking at, but I knew that there was something very strange, and yet profoundly wonderful, about these long, narrow images that seemed to contain so much more than a "normal" photograph.

Most of my professional life has been played out in the "high-tech" area of "photonics." As an engineer, I have helped develop new technologies that use invisible "thermal" light to form images of the unseen, new light-based methods of measuring blood analytes in the human body, and eyewear that blocks harmful laser radiation with minimal effect on the wearer's vision. My unique experiences in unusual forms of imaging and light manipulation have given me an unusual appreciation for and insight into the photographic image.

Since 2001 I have been focusing on capturing the unusual possibilities of panoramic images. The ability to see in a single photograph the whole sweep of what enters the two human eyes (and much more) is tremendously attractive, and makes for extraordinary perspectives and spatial relationships that cannot be captured with conventional photographic techniques.

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Bill Brockmeier, panoramic photographer
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