New Yorkers and Their Environments
New Yorkers and Their Environments forms part of my ten-year Eclectic series of double-exposure photographs, which explores how each city expresses a distinct rhythm through its colours, structures, and everyday details. This body of work focuses on streets and neighbourhoods across New York City, capturing the environments New Yorkers encounter in their daily routines and the landmarks that shape urban memory. The series seeks to convey the character of everyday life in one of the world’s most cosmopolitan and demanding cities. All photographs were taken using 35mm and medium-format film cameras, employing a double-exposure technique on 800 ISO colour film to reflect the city’s atmosphere and energy.
“When I am shooting in double exposure with my 35mm and 120mm film cameras, in a way and style, I am trying to capture the true essence of a city or an area. What I want to convey is my perspective of “what you see is what you get” by capturing those unique moments when I catch an image. The double exposure allows me to capture all that but can take my images to a different level where I can be more creative by holding double-layered scenarios that will give the viewer a magical, almost surreal, perspective and sense of unnatural futurism”.
