Posted by Avius I've seen light painting shots from the 1920's and earlier- I'm sure it's been "started" thousands of times independently. It's just that the internet allows for the much more rapid dissemination of cool ideas.
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You misunderstand my point.
Adding light dates back to the beginnings of photography. (Think about the cliche in western movies of the photographer taking pictures with the exploding tray of flash powder) Continuous source lights have been used in the movies since 1900. The strobe was invented in about 1930, and instantly swept the world of studio photography.
Night and time exposures date to the beginning too. Don't forget, the very first picture ever taken was an 8 hour exposure!
The human fascination with ruins, and the depiction of them in art, is as old as civilization itself.
Like I alluded to in my original post, I didn't invent any of those 3 elements.
But I was the first person to combine the three. The creation of the very specific UE/NP/LP aesthetic that there's this whole PM section at UER dedicated to? Thank me for that.
I've studied this niche for a long time now and know the work of all the major night shooters, light painters, and ruins photographers, since the beginning of photography. No one did work in these kinds of locations, that looked like this, before me. Now it's everywhere.
Thanks for fixing that post Meta!