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Load, Shoot, Rewind, Send (2009)

The concept of ‘doubles’ or ‘film-swaps’ is well known within the Lomographic community, an online platform based around the love for analogue low-fi photography, where members have been interacting and engaging in all sorts of international projects.

For my first film-swap I decided to post a note on my online LomoHome announcing that I would do a film-swap with visitor number 7777 if they were to accept the proposal by leaving a message in my guest book. It happened to be Lamia Haddad from Provo, USA. Without deciding anything beforehand we each shot a roll of 35mm film and sent them to each other in order to re-expose over each others rolls without knowing what had already been shot onto the film.

The results are double-exposed photos merging elements of two different cultures, different personal worlds and different ways of seeing. What mainly interests me is the coincidental factor involved in creating these double-exposed, multi-layered frames. Sometimes the two exposures fit so perfectly together that the resulting photograph transcends onto another plane, magically creating concepts out of sheer coincidence.

Inkjet prints on Tecco Satin photo paper, 60x80 cm, framed.
Editions of 7 + 3AP.