Yesterday, Michael Pick from WordPress’ Daily post team, highlighted an interesting blog post in “Posts We Loved” on the creative use of double exposures.
He writes – “One of the pieces that really stuck out for me as a fascinating experiment, this week, was “foodface – my friends and what they ate (part two).” I was drawn in not just because the photographs in the post are beautifully inventive and really nicely executed, but also because they embody something I think everyone hopes for in a stand-out post: arresting imagery, a different take on familiar themes, and fascinating ideas that add up to more than the sum of their parts.”
A couple of years ago i held a photographic exhibition to draw awareness to the plight of the baboons living on the urban edge here in the Cape Peninsula. Along the same lines but in a different take, here is one of my double exposure photos which was printed onto canvas in A3 size, to draw attention to a lack of conservation aspects. I’d love to get feedback on whether it ‘speaks’ to the viewer or not? Does it convey a stronger message by combining the two images?
Nature on the Edge 
Works for me!
Thanks Chris 🙂
I’d say very strong and beautifully done.
Thanks Tina. I had a play with PS making mosaics and converting multiple photos into droplets, but effect wasn’t as arresting as the layering….
I agree with Tina, beautifully done.
Thanks Amy 🙂
Yes it really hits home, we humans are such a destructive species.
Thanks for commenting, Gilly. It’s been interesting trying to get effective visual messages across as not everyone understands English and some of the pictograms are too obtuse. Appealing to peoples’ sense of responsibility is an ongoing challenge!
That picture is really giving the message. Very nice work for an important issue.
Thanks for the comment Bente. It inspires me to look at drawing awareness in a different way.
Elegant work, Liz. A classic example of how art can be used to convey a serious message in a creative and interesting way.
Thanks for the comment Uday. Photography offers powerful ways to communicate?
The search to see all that’s there involves a viewer in a different way. At least that’s what I think —
We “discover” the baboon for ourselves, rather than having you simply telling us something.
Thanks for the feed back and food for thought. I like that it brings a more subjective view.
I think it is beautiful and haunting. Which makes it effective for sure! I love double exposures and layered images and meanings.
Thank you! Haunting isn’t a description that has come up yet, so i appreciate that. Must admit that your images do inspire me to try more in-camera exposures for a more creative aspect.
Hi Liz, I love this photo, I agree with the comment above, the picture is haunting to me too.
I would like to see the same picture, but with the trash a bit more ‘obvious’ (I’m not sure how to explain this properly) I think or example with the rubbish being beer cans, plastic toys, discarded electrical items, the junk of the ‘throw-away’ society we live in now. I did a post recently on my blog about a sculpture garden, and one of the sculptures was some horses made out of rubbish… I’ve called the picture ‘The 4 horsemen of the apocalypse’ have a look at it as its the kind of trash I was thinking of
Xxx
Great to get your comments, Barbara. I checked your index and tag cloud, but couldn’t find the 4 horses. Interested to see the sculptures, always on the look out for ideas. I tried doing a mosaic with bins, rubbish, cigarettes, etc…. Need to make the message stronger… as horrified at what the baboons pick up and test, taste-try…. from used chewing gum and condoms to old mouldy food.
The horses are in a recent post (not indexed yet) called ‘If you go down to the woods today’ . I posted it within the last 2 weeks I think xx
This was okay. I wish I could see more of the Baboon. Did you do others? I think you should do a whole series like this! But make the animal the clearer image.
Thanks for the feedback Symanntha. It’s useful knowing how the image is perceived; I did other images using refuse bins and baboons in a mosaic but I should relook at doing a new series, as the issues with baboons continue.