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Double Exposure as Metaphor
Imagery Story A double exposure photograph is a metaphor. Structurally they are the same; combining two images, or ideas to make a unique third. Life is a mystery and Love is a miracle are two metaphors which intrigue me and underlie this work. The setting for these double exposures is the IMadonnari Street Painting Festival, Santa Barbara, California held each Memorial Day. Talented artists collaborate in pastel chalk to create beautiful Renaissance-like paintings on asphalt surrounding the Mission. The event replicates an ancient 16th century Italian tradition where to this day an international street painting festival is held in village of Grazie di Curatone. For more information, visit: http://www.rain.org/~imadonna/festival.htm. The images you see were constructed "in camera" to recombine and fuse graphical elements...to mix them up and see what comes out. I strive for coherent, even apt, metaphorical visualizations which are aesthetically pleasing. Metaphors evoke, promote, or suggest multiple interpretations and novel understandings. This imagery grows out of ancient archetypal themes, allowing and suggesting a multitude of conventional and novel understandings...let your imagination loose and the words will follow. Technicalities Shot with a Canon A2, 28-105mm lens at approximately 75mm using Fuji RDPIII transparency film. Scanning was done using a Nikon LS-2000 and color was adjusted to match the original transparency in Photoshop 7.0. Prints are on Epson Watercolor paper, all materials are acid-free providing an archival quality finished piece with a 75 year + life expectancy, if given proper care. No picture elements were added or deleted from the shots and all effort was made to stay true to the reality as imprinted on film. Photographer Jerry Snow now lives in La Bufadora, Baja California, Mexico. Jerry has been practicing photography since the age of nine, when given a Kodak 35mm camera by his mother. "The camera excites me...I'm a hunter...finding a photo is as much a part of me as taking a walk. At times, when I'm in the groove, shooting is a dance...a visual crescendo of subject, light and timing. Some photographs are windows into the world, some are mirrors of ourselves and the world and a few, like this one, are reflecting windows...suggesting reality is interactive, constructed and synesthetic". |
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