Light, Color & Surface

Light, Color & Surface projects from the GEUSE 35mm film photography archive.

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Member Projects

  • Intervals of Visibility - Partial visibility connects isolated forms, softened architecture, layered color, and subjects defined by concentrated light.
  • Same Shots, Warm and Cool - A repetition study: the same dockside boat, the same portrait, and the same riverside shrub each appear twice, rendered once in saturated warm tones and once in cooler, more neutral color.
  • Double Exposure in Black and White - A sequence of six overlapping black-and-white exposures that layer trees, buildings, glowing cursive text, light trails, and carved stone into single frames.
  • Double Exposure B&W (II) - Layered exposures where two scenes coexist in one frame, moving from painted surfaces to sky, architecture, water, and stone.
  • Double Exposure B&W III - Each frame stacks two visible scenes: hard-edged objects and lettered signs on one layer, plants or patterned surfaces on the other, so that neither layer fully covers the other.
  • Sun Blade, Blue Cross, Red Water - Three visually disparate frames - a sunlit portrait, a blue-lit sanctuary interior, and an overhead view of tinted water - grouped for their shared contrast of sharply divided light and color rather than any confirmed...
  • Through the Pane - A walk through an interior where lit tubing, striped color, warm stone, and a translucent red object are bracketed by two neon works seen through reflective glass.
  • Numbered Mosaic Pillars in a Tiled Passage - A photographic inventory of round, tiled pillars, each carrying one mosaic numeral in a checkered band, arranged as a descending count that skips two digits.
  • Puddles Street Photos - A street observed entirely by looking down: every frame is a puddle on pavement reflecting buildings, signs, and people, while the real pedestrians intrude inverted along the frame edges.
  • Heart-Marked Food Stall and Rooftop Lunch - A single sequence pairing a ground-level food stall with a rooftop view, connected visually by heart-shaped marks appearing in every frame.
  • Heart-Shaped Light Marks Over Street Scenes - A sequence of documentary street photographs unified by recurring translucent heart-shaped light marks that appear across most, but not all, of the otherwise unrelated urban scenes.
  • Light Leaks, Tie-Dye, and Mirror Stairs - Five night frames that move from an abstract light leak through diamond-hung tie-dye fabric to pink-outlined architecture and a magenta mirror-paneled staircase.
  • Three Long Exposures Of A Night Fire - A three-frame night sequence built entirely around a single fire, moving from a wide view of the full pit and its upright log to close, long-exposure studies of flame streaked over crossed logs and rising sparks.
  • Figure in Passing Light - Motion and long exposure turn one standing body into several overlapping gestures.
  • Two Palettes by the Marina - Two subjects return under different palettes, revealing changes in water, wood, petals, and sky.
  • Angles of Quiet Light - The sequence follows late light from exterior paving into an empty interior and back through garden surfaces.
  • Turquoise Coastline - Warm skies and deep green-blue shadows bind a wandering sequence across city and shore.
  • Amber City and Desert Forms - The sequence pairs strong architectural lines with desert plants and night movement under a shifted palette.
  • Flowers and Metallic Lines - Red, orange, turquoise, and gold crowd the frame while the metallic lines divide its floral field.
  • Wet Green and Moving Light - Four distinct scenes connect through green cast, wet surfaces, and soft motion.
  • Neon Tides - Light leaks and double exposures push the sequence between abstraction, architecture, surf, and solitary figures.
  • Red Structure at Night - Two views shift from a grounded facade to a dislocated, nearly abstract luminous structure.
  • Figures and Surface - Distinct observations connect through repeated silhouettes, patterned skins, and interrupted light.
  • Red Flare at the Temple - Architecture and living forms alternate as bright film edges interrupt blue-green shade and reflective water.
  • Sun Flare and Red Flowers - The sequence treats flare, inversion, grain, and soft focus as visible surfaces rather than corrections.
  • Luminous Needle in Motion - Changing camera motion transforms a recognizable illuminated structure into progressively abstract bands of light.
  • Neon Faces After Dark - The sequence shifts from monumental signs to portraits, keeping warm skin tones beside cyan, red, and gold light.