Double Exposures

Overview

Double exposure is a photographic technique where two images are captured onto the same frame of film (or digitally layered), allowing them to coexist in a single composition.

Context

Shot in collaboration with Ngân Vũ, this double exposure layers portrait and environment into a single frame, letting one image softly bleed into the other. The composition plays with transparency and timing: flowers partially dissolve into mahjong, edges blur, and light becomes connective tissue between the two exposures. Rather than documenting a single moment, the image holds multiple, inviting a quieter kind of attention where meaning emerges through overlap and ambiguity.

Detail

  • Film stock: Kentmere 100

  • Camera: Canon AE-1

Date

June 2, 2023

Made with

Film

Location

Oakland