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CPOY 71 Portfolio Silver, Runner-Up College Photographer of the Year: Janus Engel Rasmussen

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Slide 6 of 50
July 28, 2016

The most used door to the psychedelic experience is hallucinogenic drugs. Those are illegal, often a taboo, and more over, dangerous if not handled correctly. While the foundation of traditional religions are fading away, the need for having an epiphany is still here. That’€™s why this bunch of people build a so called “dreammachine€”. Basically you cut a piece of cardboard in certain patterns, fold it around a record player, puts a stroboscopic 100 Watt lightbulb inside, and stare directly at it with your eyes closed, while the recordplayer is spinning. This supposedly gives you a psychedelic experience. The light comes out through the cardboard in a frequen between 8 and 13 Hz, copying the alpha waves of the brain. The point is to simulate the stage right before you fall asleep.

Janus Engel Rasmussen / Danish School of Journalism
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