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An Executed Convict Returns to Life, in Mind Blowing 3-D Light Paintings via FastCoDesign

It is made using the light painting hologram technique, where a cross section is displayed (in this case, a sliced cross section of a convict which donated his body for science) from a flat screen and captured on a long exposure shot.

Yes, 3-D light painting — in which a flat glowing image is traced through the air to form a quasi-3D version captured in long-exposure photographs — is an amazingly creative hack. But Croix Gagnon and Frank Schott have taken the technique to a truly mindblowing — and emotionally affecting — level with Project 12:31. Their own description can’t be topped: “In 1993, a convicted murderer was executed. His body was given to science, segmented, and photographed for medical research. In 2011, we used photography to put it back together.”

More images and information, including a video, can be found at this link