When Stillness Moves
This short reel began with a single photograph created as a fine art print.
A winter shoreline. Wind pressing inland from the sea. Low cloud softening the horizon. A small human figure moving slowly, not towards a destination, but through weather, space, and resistance.
The photograph itself remains unchanged and complete. What this reel explores is not reconstruction, but interpretation.
The use of AI motion here is a deliberate and considered choice. It is not intended to fabricate events or suggest something that did not occur. The motion gives visual presence to elements that were already there at the moment the shutter was released — the lean of the body into the wind, the weight of cold air, the effort of walking across wet sand.
Concerns around AI imagery and the erosion of truth and authorship are entirely valid. This work does not attempt to blur those lines. The still image is the origin and the artefact. The reel exists as a companion layer, offering another way to experience the atmosphere and emotional weight of the moment.
In this sense, AI is treated as a creative tool rather than a narrative authority. It does not rewrite the scene. It allows the stillness within it to move, carefully and quietly, without taking anything away from where the photograph began.
This hybrid approach is one I intend to explore slowly and thoughtfully. Not to pursue novelty, but to find ways of honouring how moments are felt and remembered, while keeping their provenance intact.
