dou·ble ex·po·sure
noun
- the repeated exposure of a photographic plate or film to light, often producing ghost images.
Self Portrait- Double Exposure
For this assignment you will need to take a photo of yourself with minimal background noise. A neutral background or one that can easily be removed is the best. Once your selfie is done you will need to take a photo of a place or an object that means a lot to you because this is your last visual ethnography. The juxtaposition of the two images needs to be epic. The 2 images put together need to make me see who you are. You will still need to write an Artist Statement.
Before I take you through the process I will give you examples of the Double Exposure.
Two great articles about double exposure are listed. The first article is Photofocus' 26 Most Creative Double Exposure Photographs and the second article is Layers Magazine's 10 Photographers Creating Enigmatic Works with Double Exposures.
Title your piece. The title needs to reflect the piece some how. For your Artist Statement please tell me about yourself and the images you used. I need at least 7 sentences and they need to include:
1. A description of the two images.
2. Explain why those images important.
3. Tell me a story about those images or something about your self that comes to mind when you look at your final piece.
Just in case you would like a different way to create a Double Exposure the video below will provide the same results but be careful because it can be confusing because it uses channels. Check out the the following link for another perspective which is text based: How To Create a Double Exposure Effect in Photoshop.
