Resilience: The Land and Urban Spaces

Project Statement

Layered with urban and developed spaces, the land pushes through each frame, reclaiming it’s place — a reminder of what was before, and will be again. Captured on film, this series of double exposures speaks to the resilience and power of the land, and the importance of nature in urban spaces.

Project Details

Double exposures, shot in camera, are some of my favourites. Even when planned / shot intentionally, they’re still up to chance, and the best ones are usually happy accidents. The first exposures of flora were taken in urban gardens — wild fields, urban gardens and landscaping in public spaces — then layered with second exposures of local venues and urban spaces. I never intended to try line up the frames, preferring the absolute chance of each double exposure, like scattering seeds, not knowing which would take root. The resulting overlapping frames, coupled with a series of captures of the same subjects, created a longer series of frames, and richer narrative of place. 

Double Exposures (shot in camera/no photo editing)
📷 35mm camera: Leica R5
📷 120 medium format camera: Belair X 6-12 Jetsetter camera
🎞 Kodak Portra 400