Double Exposure with MOTHERBOARDS was shot in Palm Springs and Los Angeles in April of 2015. The Motherboards were acquired in Ventura the year prior at a downtown thrift shop. Further conversation about communication relics. I once again used my Canon 620 35mm film camera with 800sp Kodak Portra film.
These shots were taken with my vintage 1980s Canon EOS 620 35mm film camera. (Thanks Daniel!!!) What’s extra special about this model is that it has a built in function that allows for up to 9 exposures per shot. For this round of images, which I began shooting in West Hollywood at the annual Halloween Carnival on Santa Monica Blvd. and ended in the Coachella Valley Desert, I shot both double & triple exposures using Kodak 800 speed Portra film.
The yellow and green image above with the floral motif is a triplicate —>>> using the 2nd volume of Laura Lee Burroughs’ ‘Flower Arranging A Fascinating Hobby’ as inspiration. —>>> 
The mother of author William S. Burroughs, she forged a working relationship with the Coca-Cola corporation in the early 1940s and they published three flower arranging books together.
Images from her books that were exhibited in Sweden in 2013 at http://www.photodigest.be/archives/carl-michael-von-hausswolff-indirect-retrospective-lund/#.VSh4RpOrFGY —>>>
With this round of Double Exposures I shot a roll of slide film and had it Cross Processed with C-41 chemicals.
Super saturation alert!
I used a Canon FT 35mm camera to shoot these shots.
They’re a combo of images taken in Palm Springs and Los Angeles in the spring and summer of 2014. The shells in the 3rd photo are from an awesome art car I happened upon in Palm Springs —>>> http://www.evolvearts.com/shellcar.html + a piece of art that our friend Troy made.
Visited the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles and downtown L.A. near the Music Center for the other pics.
This latest round of Double Exposures created some serious Color Explosions!!!!!!!
I used 160 speed Kodak Portra film shot at 320 with the first round of exposures shot using a vintage Canon FT 35mm camera and the 2nd round with a vintage Pentax K1000 35mm camera. —>>>
First round of subjects found at The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, with an emphasis on the butterflies in their annual Butterfly Pavilion.
Second round of subjects shot in both Palm Springs and Los Angeles.
The final 2 images were some of several shot with the idea of freedom in mind. If butterflies are free, then what, or who, is the opposite of a butterfly?
This roll of 400 speed Kodak Portra film was double exposed with images found in three 1950s LIFE Magazines. They are the September 11th, 1950 edition and the April 12th & October 18th editions from 1954.
As in my last series of double exposures (as seen in the post below), this series was inspired by my Uncle Jim’s great idea : )))
The images that I shot for the first round of exposures were duly noted & with the 2nd series the attempt was made to layer over images that would make some sort of statement regarding the relationships between man & woman, America & beyond as well as America’s obsession with food.
Link below to see some more images I had shot previously from 2 of these particular magazines —–>>>>>
https://poppipix.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/life-magazine-october-18th-1954/
https://poppipix.wordpress.com/2012/10/26/life-magazine-april-12th-1954/
This group of shots is sooooo random!!!
They are composites created by overlapping shots using my Uncle Jim’s vintage Canon FT 35mm camera, with 400 speed Kodak Portra film shot twice at 800 speed. I started out shooting the first round in Palm Springs, CA over the December 2013 holiday break and finished the roll back in L.A. on New Year’s Eve day on a hike in Topanga State Park.
The second round of shooting combined graf art on & around Melrose Ave. (which is my hood & an ever changing mix of new & old inspiration) with LIFE magazine ephemera from the 1950s, which was my Uncle Jim’s suggestion ; )))))
My personal favorite of the roll is the juxtaposition of the young girl & the shadowy figure beside her. Dark and lovely!!!
—–>>>>> See the above post for details on the particular magazines used in this series.
This Halloween I ventured down the boulevard to the West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval & shot the first round of this double exposed 35mm roll of film. Two days later I braved the Spider Pavilion at The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles to shoot the second round. Once again, I used my trusty, dusty Pentax K1000 35mm camera, this time using Kodak Portra 400 speed film shot at 800. It was a great learning experience & I’m loving these shots!!!
Three for Three ; )))
This August & September, on my third go round with double exposing a roll of film with my Pentax K-1000 35mm camera, I used 160 speed film & shot it at 320. This time the extent of the winding created a triple shot effect because the overlap cut each frame perfectly in half instead of like in my 1st two attempts when the overlap was off center. The vertical shots are cut to just use a double layer, but the horizontals show the triptych effect.
Nature Layers taken in Laguna Beach, CA at Agate Beach, Thousand Steps Beach & Shaw’s Cove.
Graff & Wheatpaste Art shot on Melrose Ave. & in an alley west of LaBrea Ave. in Los Angeles, CA.
Industrial layer in the 2nd shot above taken on the road driving past an oil refinery on the PCH.
Giant lamp in the 5th shot above taken in the lot of the soon to be demolished Trader Joe’s parking lot on Santa Monica Blvd.
Hotel shots taken at the legendary Hotel Brevoort on Lexington Ave. just west of Vine St. in Hollywood, CA. This was once the residence of Elizabeth Short, ‘The Black Dahlia’. Above the entryway it reads “Joyously Enter Here”. —>>>
check out this postcard of the hotel in its heyday —>>> 
This Double XXposure collection was made in collaboration with my nieces & nephews from New York. A Big Thanxx to Nick, Marisa, John & Kate~~~~!!!!!!! The camera used was my Pentax K1000 & the film was Kodak Portra 400 speed shot at 800.
We shot the first round at Treman Falls, NY & I shot the 2nd round in the alleyways along Melrose Ave. in L.A., CA
I recently found an old roll of 35mm film & decided to attempt double exposing it using my Pentax K1000 manual camera. —>>> https://poppipix.wordpress.com/2013/04/19/pentax-k1000-35mm-camera/
I shot the entire roll the 1st time over a 4 day span while out and about in Palm Springs, CA & the 2nd time in a 2 hour span while roaming the sidestreets & alleyways north and south of Melrose Ave. between La Brea & Fairfax Aves. in Los Angeles, CA.
A HUGE thanks to Fotek Photo Lab for helping me succeed in this endeavor! Here’s the link to Fotek’s website —>>> http://www.fotekphotolab.com/
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