Dr. Heisenberg's Magic Mirror of Uncertainty by Duane Michals
Dr. Heisenberg's Magic Mirror of Uncertainty, photographed for French Vogue in 1998 by Duane Michals. https://maxestrella.com/app/uploads/2020/10/heisenbergentero.jpg French Vogue contacted Michals one day in 1999 to ask if he could illustrate a piece on quantum physics for a special scientific edition of the magazine. Surprisingly, the subject turned out to be one of Michals' focus, as he was able to recite the names of subatomic particles. Michals bought a convex mirror in an antique store in Bath and bought it back to the US. He believed that he can use such a mirror to illustrate Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. He shot a set of six images in which the model was holding the huge mirror and showing different reflections of herself. He named the series of shots Dr Heisenberg’s Magic Mirror of Uncertainty. Different angles cause different changes in the appearance of the model. Even a tiny movement significantly altered how the model looked. Her eyes were sometimes enla...
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