Northwestern University
Photographer: Francis Miller, 1951
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Loreleis (members of the school’s women’s swim team) swimming in underwater pattern during Dolphin Show at Northwestern University. The show is put on once a year by the Dolphins (the male equivalent of the Loreleis).
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Mt. Palomar Observatory / California
Photographer: J. R. Eyerman, 1949
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Above the Mt. Palomar observatory, a six hour photographic exposure centered upon Polaris or the North Star, reveals circular pattern of apparent star movement resulting from earth’s rotation.
Expo 67 – Patterns at pavilion terrace at fair in Montreal / Canada
Photographer: Michael Rougier
Audrey Hepburn – Backlit by pattern of klieg lights / Hollywood
Photographer: Allan Grant, 1954
TV Transmission Patterns
Photographer: Tony Linck, 1949
Making Bed
Photographer: Gjon Mili, 1946
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Pattern of light streaks created in multiple exposure for time and motion study reveal how an efficient housewife makes a bed.
Art Patterns – “Phantasmagoria,” eerie abstract image / UK
Unknown photographer, 1931
Atomic Patterns – Scientists studying atomic patterns in crystals
Photographer: Al Fenn, 1949
Black-Eyed Veil
Photographer: Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1937
Sikorsky / Anacostia, Maryland
Photographer: Andreas Feininger, 1949
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Slinky like light pattern in the blackness of moonlight sky produced by a time exposure of the light tipped rotor blades of a grounded Sikorsky helicopter as it takes off into the dark sky.
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excellent choice of pictures !! magnificent
Thanks Patrick! So many great works to choose from, was hard to narrow down.
Thanks for sharing this great photos … i love the graphical view from Expo 67 – Patterns at pavilion terrace … thanks a lot and have a nice day. Tobias
Thank you Tobias!