Neon Tides

Light leaks and double exposures push the sequence between abstraction, architecture, surf, and solitary figures.

Six double-exposed frames merge neon signage with coastal rock, surf, and sand until it's hard to tell which layer is which.

Palm fronds, brick, and a lone beach figure surface briefly between raw light leaks and drifting red lettering.

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  • 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.
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Images

A hazy pale gradient bleeds into solid black at the frame's center, with a jagged red-and-dark silhouette fringing the right edge.
Attention rests on broad white and red vertical light bands cutting across an otherwise dark textured frame.
A warm red-orange light band glows down the left side of the frame beside a dark palm frond and a small pale triangular reflection.
Attention rests on a red horizon-like band above a dark field with a small palm-like form below.
A bright rounded archway glows through overlapping reflections of palm fronds, brickwork, and a curl of pink neon in the corner.
Attention rests on an arched interior opening layered with palm leaves and glowing red neon fragments.
Foam-covered dark rocks and turquoise water fill the frame beneath glowing pink neon script that spells Frozen beside a small heart.
Attention rests on rocky surf beneath a translucent vertical red word and smaller light marks.
A misty double exposure layers pale sand and dark jetty rocks in surf with dry beach grasses and a row of red diagonal neon marks.
Attention rests on a pale coastline and dark water overlaid with interior shapes and red dotted light.
A lone figure in a white top walks across open sand, dwarfed beneath large translucent red neon lettering overlaid on the scene.
Attention rests on a lone person on a dark beach beneath a large translucent red neon symbol.