pablo picasso’s light drawings from 1949image courtesy LIFE magazine – gjon mili

it was 1949 when pablo picasso was introduced to gjon mili, a photographer who at the time worked for LIFEmagazine – where he demonstrated some of his images of ice skaters with lights fixed to their skates, jumping in the dark. fascinated from the results, the spanish artist then conceived a series of projected light drawings in a dark room with two separate cameras and a small electric light attempting to ‘paint’ his versions of centaurs, bulls and greek profiles.

pablo picasso’s ‘light drawings’, 1949

image courtesy LIFE magazine – gjon mili

image courtesy LIFE magazine – gjon mili

image courtesy LIFE magazine – gjon mili

image courtesy LIFE magazine – gjon mili

image courtesy LIFE magazine – gjon mili

pablo picasso drawing a vase of flowers with light

image courtesy LIFE magazine – gjon mili

image courtesy LIFE magazine – gjon mili

image courtesy LIFE magazine – gjon mili

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