White Bear: Technical Notes
The images in White Bear are not the product of one-cut photography. Instead, they are created by digitally stitching together numerous high-resolution photos. A good illustration of this is Tierpark Hagenbeck, Hamburg, Germany (2014) , which was composed using 24 photographs, as depicted below:
The image below represents the final result:
Given the conditions at the sites, where the photographs were often taken through glass and sometimes in low light, along with the animals' fast movements, employing large format film is not feasible to achieve satisfactory visual quality.
In the case of Tierpark Hagenbeck, Hamburg, Germany (2014), the crucial moving elements captured in the photograph include two bears, the interaction between the zoo keeper and the walrus, the Hamburg Airways plane, and the girl on the rock, as depicted below:
These events must occur within a narrow time window of 0.5-1 minutes, as any longer would result in changing lighting conditions that could cause issues with the final rendering.
The prints are designed to fill the viewers' field of vision, providing the audiences with a visual experience akin to actually visiting the location. Some of the images can be explored online through Gigapan.