The term “cinemagraph” was coined by U.S. photographers Kevin Burg and Jamie Beck, who used the technique to animate their fashion and news photographs beginning in early 2011. Cinemagraphy has gained a lot of attention within the last year.

Cinemagraphs are still photographs in which a minor and repeated movement occurs. Cinemagraphs, which are usually published in an animated GIF format, can give the illusion that the viewer is watching a video.

They are commonly produced by taking a series of photographs or a video recording, and, using image editing software, compositing the photographs or the video frames into a seamless loop of sequential frames, often using the animated GIF file format in such a manner that motion in part of the subject between exposures (for example, a person’s dangling leg) is perceived as a repeating or continued motion, in contrast with the stillness of the rest of the image.

This motion photography captures a moment in time by bringing it to life. Here is a collection of the most fresh cinemagraphs on the web from this past month.

Reflection

Here’s Lookin’ At You

Pretty in Pink

Pink Afternoon

Louboutins In The Afternoon

Pump Butt Out

Louboutin Medallion

Backstage Show

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

Dress Shop

City View

Love Track

Red Hat

Halloween

Postagram

Street Light

NYC Street Cafe

NYC Subway Station

Subway Passenger

NYC Hot Dog Vendor

NYC View Point

Central Park Newspaper Read

NYC Chelsea Hotel

Bookworm

Jack of Spades