Metamorphosis
A metamorphosis is a transformation. In this image, a model, also shown in Nude Descending a Ladder, is transforming into a portion of Multnomah Falls (or vice versa, the waterfall…
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March 19, 2016
Nude Descending a Ladder after Duchamp
The artist Marcel Duchamp created a furor in 1912 with his painting Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2. This painting, which was rejected at the time as too avant-garde even…
March 16, 2016
Human Spiral—Nautilus
This nine-image multiple exposure, combined in-camera another image in the same series, Rondo, reminds me of a living organism, or spiral shell such as the Nautilus.
February 21, 2016
Rondo
About the image: This is an in-camera multiple exposure. The ten exposures were combined in the camera using auto-gain. The model was Amelia Simone, who was wearing the red underwear…
February 20, 2016
Totem and Taboo
The title I've given this image, Totem and Taboo, is in part a reference to Sigmund Freud's collection of essays of the same name. Freud combined anthropology with concepts of…
February 4, 2016
Changing Focal Lengths in a Multiple Exposure
Over more than a year, I've been working on a series of in-camera multiple exposure images using models in a studio and strobes. Generally, my approach has been to make…
December 25, 2015
Three Graces
The Three Graces are actually a three-in-one trinity: this is one model (Anastasia Arteyeva), via an in-camera multiple exposure. Processed for the distinctive---almost cave painting look---using the Da Vinci filter in…
December 11, 2015
And now for something completely different…
This is an in-camera double exposure I made on Saturday. The model is Anastasia Arteyeva. Related images: View more of my Multiple Exposures (slide show).
November 30, 2015
Arms
Four in-camera exposures, with the model stationary besides her arms. Related stories: Pagan Goddess, Multiple Exposures.
April 6, 2015
Hekatonkheires
This image, derived from a single in-camera multiple exposure, plays homage to the Hekatonkheires, a race of hundred-handed giants in Greek mythology. In the popular Rick Riordan young adult fantasy…
January 31, 2015
Pagan Goddess
With flowers beginning to burst forth in my neighborhood with all their sensual energy my thoughts turn "naturally" to the passion of nature. Nature is wonderful, nature can be fearsome,…
January 29, 2015
Variations
Here are some variations on I never know which me. The upper variation has been flipped, and a texture added to make the model appear to be coming out of…
October 13, 2014
I never know which me
This is an in-camera multiple exposure, consisting of ten individual exposures combined in the camera. I used a Nikon D810 mounted on a tripod with a Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4…
October 9, 2014
Quo Vadis
This is ten in-camera multiple exposures, with the camera and tripod mounted on a ladder looking down at the model on a black background. I asked the model to think…
October 2, 2014
Dance of the Seven Veils
When Salome danced for King Herod, there's some controversy about the number of veils she used in her dance. But there is no controversy in these images: I created them…
September 24, 2014
Falling
Falling is a single, in-camera multiple exposure using the Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 and a Nikon D800 on a tripod. There was a black backdrop, and I used a studio strobe…
September 17, 2014