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have you ever thought maybe the point is actually to have fun & be yourself?

i need to gush about how incredibly seamless her compositing is in these. Compositing is incredibly hard and time consuming work on a crisp clean digital image. But compositing into what seems to be a scanned photograph that was shot on film? Insane work. The film grain + photo paper texture is matched perfectly as well as the varying softness from being slightly out of focus in different amounts in each image. Each film stock has its own specific tone too some are warmer, others are more purply, or green and they all handle contrast with light and shadow completely differently. There was so much to take into account doing this and i really dont know how she did it other than maybe finding those locations again and shooting with the same film stock on a day with similar lighting. I cannot stress enough that for professional photographers doing complex compositing is mostly relegated to having a fully locked down camera set up in studio under controlled repeatable lighting. Super impressive and a really fantastic photo series truly.

This reminds me of the work of South African artist Lebohang Kganye whose series Ke LEFA LAKA: HER-STORY has her superimposed over old photographs of her mother. Kganye's art interacts with memory and mourning and the intersection of memory and photography in a very interesting way which I feel can be compared with Chino Ōtsuka's delving into her own personal history and memory thereof. On top of the obvious superficial link with the superimposition onto old photos.

I just don’t want to keep hiding anymore I want to experience more, live life, be at peace, and joyful.

Things I’m always down for: - road trips - breakfast for dinner - coffee - naps - good music