Double exposure project 2008

So here are the scans from the double exposure project, London/Norway(?) to LA, the best from the batch.

I think my error was in using the flash. The more underexposed the better.



























Double exposure project 2008
London/Norway to LA
Work in progress

He sent me his face.

It seems so close I could almost touch it.

It is the loveliest face.

Figures float like ghosts over far away places. "Ghosts" is the word. I think the working title of this piece is going to be Ghost in the Machine. I feel like it's cliche, but the whole thing is a mite cliche, sentimental, and naive. It is the diary of two former lovers, traveling in his or her own way, unable to remove the ghosts, haunted.

I know it is a long way off, but I cannot decide if I want to print the final products big or small. While the larger print is powerful and immersing, the smaller print draws you into a certain intimacy. Maybe some will be big and some will be small. Either way I am determined to print them myself and show them somewhere.

And I will.

For my roll I shot on fast black and white film, and turned the camera on myself. I am a little apprehensive about shipping it and whatever radiation it might encounter passing through security measures. My best hope is to pack it in transparent packaging, slap a label on it, ship through FedEx, and hope for the best.

If the film wasn't rated at 3200, I wouldn't be as worried. I've scoured the internet for solutions and examples of the worst case scenario...but then there's the part of the project that is about relinquishing control, and the pleasure of doing so. And there is a part of me that finds a deep pleasure in yielding....

I likewise send him my face.

Here is a small preview. Though it can't be much of a preview since I had to switch cameras completely for the final shot, and I'm sure a million variables resulted in photos nothing like these.





Lastly, this is by no means a music blog, but since I've resigned myself to my private wish, I find that "Ready for the Floor" by Hot Chip expresses the sentiment of whimsical disaster exactly as I am feeling it.

I am ready for the fall.