Hologram A High Art.
16 07 2007
Holography - the science, or art (and therein lies a well trodden debate), of making holograms - was born in the 1960s with the invention of lasers. By splitting a laser beam over an object and recording the light pattern on chemically sensitive film, it became possible to make a three-dimensional representation on a flat surface. It was one of the “white heat” technological breakthroughs of the decade, to some minds akin to the founding of photography a century earlier. Forty years on, holograms have indeed become part of the everyday. As anti-forgery devices, they appear on credit cards, bank notes, concert tickets and bottles of wine. Advertisers have seized on holography’s potential to make a strong statement. Chris Levine, the man behind the holographic portrait of the Queen, made a reputation from putting holograms on CDs and greetings cards.Â
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