Seeking to push beyond the confines of conventional stills and video, Ethan Pines has been experimenting with transforming his still portraits into animated portraits. He based the series on the iconic portraits of tech figures he’s shot over the years: Elon Musk, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin, Alphabet/Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Uber founder Travis Kalanick.
Tinkering with elements of time, imagination, absurdism, movement and sound — Ethan created most of the sound design himself — he views these shorts as experiments in what a portrait can be. The final works (which include sound) range from playful to haunting to hypnotic.
Above: Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin