Multiple Exposures on Medium Format Film Cameras

It was a personal crisis that led me to double exposure photography. My life was crumbling around me and I needed a way to express myself in a new light. Double exposure photography, specifically (and only) on film cameras, allows me to create new realities without any rules. It is this freedom that draws me here. My professional work as a commercial still-life photographer is defined by its rules. The images must be sharp, they must be straight, the color must be perfect, and the list goes on and on. While I actaully enjoy following these rules in the studio, having the freedom to work without rules was the balance I needed. For example, some images are shot upside down, some sideways, some sharp and some blurred. And while there is no consistency to my process, there are two things consistent with all of my images: First, each image is comprised of at least 2 exposures and, secondly, each image has a certain feeling of chaos to it. It is this chaos that begs the viewer to look deeply into the image, acknowledging the obvious compositions and the subtle nuances as the exposures overlap upon themselves to tell a new and untold story.