‘Motion and stillness’

From Ira Garber’s show ‘‘Kinetic Landscapes,’’ at Panopticon Gallery, Boston, Feb. 13-April 28.

The Providence-based photographer explains:

‘‘‘Kinetic Landscapes’ is based on expanding earlier single-image panoramic photographs. In the motion images, I am mesmerized by that split second of reversing direction: when it goes right, of that second of becoming weightless. The landscape series holds similar meaning for me but with a focus on stillness. The overlapping component of these images is from modifying the camera back to allow for a continuous and overlapping image across the entire roll. There was no way to know what the assembled roll would look like until processed. It unfolds by chance, in a way similar to the chance taken by those in the photo. Motion and stillness is the way I am working, and at the same time, it is what I am looking to describe.”