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Stefan Vanthuyne
PULSAR
€12,00
12,5 × 17 cm, 32 p, ills colour & bw, paperback, English
ISBN 9789490800161
design: Jurgen Maelfeyt
ISBN 9789490800161
design: Jurgen Maelfeyt
edition of 200
September 2014
September 2014
A pulsar (short for pulsating radio star) is a highly magnetized, rotating neutron star that emits a beam of electromagnetic radiation. This radiation can only be observed when the beam of emission is pointing toward the Earth, much the way a lighthouse can only be seen when the light is pointed in the direction of an observer, and is responsible for the pulsed appearance of emission. Neutron stars are very dense, and have short, regular rotational periods.
Stefan Vanthuyne is an independent writer and lecturer. He regularly writes about photography for Belgian newspaper De Standaard. He has contributed articles and essays to a number of magazines, books and exhibitions, and has also been commissioned by artists to write about their work. From 2017 until 2020 he was affiliated to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp as a researcher. In 2017, as part of his research activities, he founded the Belgian Platform for Photobooks.