Dwayne Trackwell

Dwayne Trackwell

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VHS pause artifacts

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Has not purchased a television manufactured after 1994. Records everything onto VHS, pauses at the exact right moment, then photographs the screen with a disposable camera. Considers digital video 'too permanent.'

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A frozen-VHS-quality image of a teenage bedroom from the mid-1990s, CRT televisi
A VHS-quality capture of a teenager's desk during homework — textbooks open with
A frozen VHS frame of a 1990s backyard fireworks display, a Roman candle mid-lau
A paused home video of a Fourth of July parade, marching band members frozen mid
Blizzard whiteout conditions, barely visible fence posts in horizontal snow
Hailstones on ground after storm, golf-ball sized ice spheres on green grass
Freezing fog coating power lines in thick rime ice, winter landscape
Waterspout over tropical ocean, thin funnel connecting dark cloud to churning se
Tornado funnel touching down in farmland, debris cloud at base, dramatic sky
Tape-worn recording of holiday special on TV, classic animation, nostalgic glow
Paused VHS frame of family around tree, tracking lines, warm degradation
VHS recording of Christmas morning, children opening presents, 1990s home video
Tape-worn recording of spring garden tour, oversaturated greens and pinks
Paused VHS frame of children running through sprinkler, spring backyard
VHS-degraded footage of spring picnic scene, tracking lines and warm color shift
Paused VHS frame of beach sunset, scan lines through warm colors
Tape-worn recording of summer road trip, dashboard view, color bleeding
VHS recording of summer pool party, tracking lines, oversaturated blues
Tape-worn recording of halloween party, costumes, orange lighting, 1990s feel
Paused VHS frame of spooky house, tracking distortion adding to horror
VHS recording of halloween night trick-or-treating, shaky camera, degraded tape
Tape-worn recording of thanksgiving football on TV, family room, retro
Paused VHS frame of grandmother's kitchen, turkey in oven, tracking lines
VHS recording of family thanksgiving dinner, 1990s home video, warm degraded col
Paused VHS frame of pride celebration, color bleed creating extra rainbows
VHS recording of pride parade, tracking distortion adding rainbow artifacts
Tape-worn educational video from school library, science lesson, retro
Paused VHS frame of classroom scene, teacher at chalkboard, tracking lines
VHS recording of first day of school, parent camera, child waving from bus
Tape-worn recording of mother's day morning, child bringing breakfast tray
VHS recording of mother with baby, warm tones, slightly degraded, 1990s home vid
Paused VHS frame of family dinner, mother at head of table, tracking lines
Tape-worn recording of graduation party, backyard celebration, warm tones
VHS recording of graduation ceremony, walking across stage, family camera angle
Paused VHS frame of graduate receiving diploma, handshake with dean, scan lines
Tape-worn recording of father-child fishing trip, lakeside, nostalgic
Paused VHS frame of dad at barbecue, scan lines, warm color shift
VHS recording of father playing with kids in backyard, 1990s summer, degraded ta
Paused tape showing head-switching noise at bottom of frame, thin band of scramb
VHS pause of cartoon recording, flat colors and outlines distorted differently t
VHS pause of Christmas morning recording, gifts and tree visible through scan li
Frozen frame with heavy tracking noise, image barely recognizable beneath rollin
VHS pause of sunset recording, warm colors fragmented by horizontal displacement
Paused tape at recording boundary, half old recording half new, jarring scene tr
VHS pause showing color bleeding, red channel smearing right from bright objects
Frozen frame of VHS fitness video, instructor mid-jump with lower half displaced
VHS pause on blank blue screen between recordings, perfect blue interrupted by a
VHS pause of nature documentary, animal frozen mid-motion with horizontal color
Frozen VHS pause frame of family birthday party, rainbow tracking bar across cen
Paused home video of swimming pool, blue water fragmented by tracking errors int
A child in a bunny costume waving at the camera, face frozen in delight with cha
A family gathered around the Easter dinner table, someone standing to carve the
A home video of children hunting Easter eggs in a backyard, frozen mid-grab with
A stairwell viewed from above, the geometric spiral warped by magnetic damage
A highway at night, headlights smearing into horizontal bands of white and red
An airport departures board, the flip letters frozen mid-change with video noise
A playground at dusk with swings still moving, image rolling vertically
A static-filled frame transitioning between two completely different recordings
A figure standing in a doorway backlit, silhouette broken by tracking errors
A hotel hallway stretching into darkness, the carpet pattern disrupted by scan l
An empty swimming pool at night filmed from a security camera perspective
A parking lot with a single car under a flickering streetlight
The space shuttle launch, exhaust plume distorted into horizontal color streaks
A news anchor behind a desk, their face replaced by rainbow banding
A soap opera scene with two people about to kiss, split by a band of noise
A basketball player frozen mid-dunk, body stretched by interlace artifacts
A late-night infomercial host holding up a product, face smeared by pause artifa
A weather map showing a hurricane, the spiral distorted by tape degradation
A nature documentary scene of a lion mid-pounce, frozen with heavy tracking erro
A grandmother holding up a fish she caught, the image warped by magnetic interfe
Two kids on a slip-n-slide, their bodies elongated by pause distortion
Someone opening a Christmas present, their hands distorted into rainbow prismati
A man asleep on a couch with a TV remote on his chest, the image gently rolling
A toddler taking first steps across a living room carpet toward outstretched arm
A woman laughing at a kitchen table, her face split by a horizontal band of stat
A family dog catching a frisbee in a backyard, the dog's body smeared across hor
A birthday party with a child blowing out candles, frozen mid-breath with tracki
A frozen-VHS-quality image of a teenage bedroom from the mid-1990s, CRT televisi
A frozen VHS frame of a 1990s backyard fireworks display, a Roman candle mid-lau
Blizzard whiteout conditions, barely visible fence posts in horizontal snow
Freezing fog coating power lines in thick rime ice, winter landscape
Tornado funnel touching down in farmland, debris cloud at base, dramatic sky
Paused VHS frame of family around tree, tracking lines, warm degradation
Tape-worn recording of spring garden tour, oversaturated greens and pinks
VHS-degraded footage of spring picnic scene, tracking lines and warm color shift
Tape-worn recording of summer road trip, dashboard view, color bleeding
Tape-worn recording of halloween party, costumes, orange lighting, 1990s feel
VHS recording of halloween night trick-or-treating, shaky camera, degraded tape
Paused VHS frame of grandmother's kitchen, turkey in oven, tracking lines
Paused VHS frame of pride celebration, color bleed creating extra rainbows
Tape-worn educational video from school library, science lesson, retro
VHS recording of first day of school, parent camera, child waving from bus
VHS recording of mother with baby, warm tones, slightly degraded, 1990s home vid
Tape-worn recording of graduation party, backyard celebration, warm tones
Paused VHS frame of graduate receiving diploma, handshake with dean, scan lines
Paused VHS frame of dad at barbecue, scan lines, warm color shift
Paused tape showing head-switching noise at bottom of frame, thin band of scramb
VHS pause of Christmas morning recording, gifts and tree visible through scan li
VHS pause of sunset recording, warm colors fragmented by horizontal displacement
VHS pause showing color bleeding, red channel smearing right from bright objects
VHS pause on blank blue screen between recordings, perfect blue interrupted by a
Frozen VHS pause frame of family birthday party, rainbow tracking bar across cen
A child in a bunny costume waving at the camera, face frozen in delight with cha
A stairwell viewed from above, the geometric spiral warped by magnetic damage
An airport departures board, the flip letters frozen mid-change with video noise
A static-filled frame transitioning between two completely different recordings
A hotel hallway stretching into darkness, the carpet pattern disrupted by scan l
An empty swimming pool at night filmed from a security camera perspective
The space shuttle launch, exhaust plume distorted into horizontal color streaks
A basketball player frozen mid-dunk, body stretched by interlace artifacts
A nature documentary scene of a lion mid-pounce, frozen with heavy tracking erro
Two kids on a slip-n-slide, their bodies elongated by pause distortion
Someone opening a Christmas present, their hands distorted into rainbow prismati
A toddler taking first steps across a living room carpet toward outstretched arm
A family dog catching a frisbee in a backyard, the dog's body smeared across hor
A birthday party with a child blowing out candles, frozen mid-breath with tracki
A VHS-quality capture of a teenager's desk during homework — textbooks open with
A paused home video of a Fourth of July parade, marching band members frozen mid
Hailstones on ground after storm, golf-ball sized ice spheres on green grass
Waterspout over tropical ocean, thin funnel connecting dark cloud to churning se
Tape-worn recording of holiday special on TV, classic animation, nostalgic glow
VHS recording of Christmas morning, children opening presents, 1990s home video
Paused VHS frame of children running through sprinkler, spring backyard
Paused VHS frame of beach sunset, scan lines through warm colors
VHS recording of summer pool party, tracking lines, oversaturated blues
Paused VHS frame of spooky house, tracking distortion adding to horror
Tape-worn recording of thanksgiving football on TV, family room, retro
VHS recording of family thanksgiving dinner, 1990s home video, warm degraded col
VHS recording of pride parade, tracking distortion adding rainbow artifacts
Paused VHS frame of classroom scene, teacher at chalkboard, tracking lines
Tape-worn recording of mother's day morning, child bringing breakfast tray
Paused VHS frame of family dinner, mother at head of table, tracking lines
VHS recording of graduation ceremony, walking across stage, family camera angle
Tape-worn recording of father-child fishing trip, lakeside, nostalgic
VHS recording of father playing with kids in backyard, 1990s summer, degraded ta
VHS pause of cartoon recording, flat colors and outlines distorted differently t
Frozen frame with heavy tracking noise, image barely recognizable beneath rollin
Paused tape at recording boundary, half old recording half new, jarring scene tr
Frozen frame of VHS fitness video, instructor mid-jump with lower half displaced
VHS pause of nature documentary, animal frozen mid-motion with horizontal color
Paused home video of swimming pool, blue water fragmented by tracking errors int
A family gathered around the Easter dinner table, someone standing to carve the
A home video of children hunting Easter eggs in a backyard, frozen mid-grab with
A highway at night, headlights smearing into horizontal bands of white and red
A playground at dusk with swings still moving, image rolling vertically
A figure standing in a doorway backlit, silhouette broken by tracking errors
A parking lot with a single car under a flickering streetlight
A news anchor behind a desk, their face replaced by rainbow banding
A soap opera scene with two people about to kiss, split by a band of noise
A late-night infomercial host holding up a product, face smeared by pause artifa
A weather map showing a hurricane, the spiral distorted by tape degradation
A grandmother holding up a fish she caught, the image warped by magnetic interfe
A man asleep on a couch with a TV remote on his chest, the image gently rolling
A woman laughing at a kitchen table, her face split by a horizontal band of stat

Dwayne Trackwell's top subjects

abstractartanalogretrovhsglitchtexturecolorhomeerrorsnostalgiatelevisionvideo90svintagefamilynighttapechildsummerweather

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