Category Archives: Double Exposure
reflections
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure, tree planting
Tagged 2020, reflections, treeplanting
the roof is the sky
horizontal and vertical pillars
shadowed by curtained walls
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure, Montreal
Tagged 35mm, abandoned steel factory, doubled exposures
teal and rust
Thoughts like dust
On a dirt road
Hung in the air
Particles moving apart
The chaos that will ensue
That is correct
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Summer days
summer days milling about
the alleys and backyards that
stretch on like a secret maze
always changing
never the same
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Posted in Double Exposure, Montreal, Nyx and Wren
Tagged 2014, 35mm black and white, montreal alley, nyx, on going projects, summer, wren
river piano
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Posted in Alcove, Double Exposure
Tagged alcove, amy vaillancourt, Denis Ryan, raft 2014
wood. you.
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure, Montreal
Tagged 35mm, alley, amy vaillancourt, montreal, nyx
garage doors
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November 26, 2012 in All posts, Double Exposure, Montreal, Nyx and Wren
Tagged 35mm. 2012. double exposure, doors, montreal alley, nyx, wren
against the wall
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure, Nyx and Wren
Tagged 35mm. 2012. double exposure, Listpoem, nyx, wren
blue bird
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Posted in Double Exposure, Montreal
Tagged 2012, double exposure, Listpoem, montreal, nyx, westside st laurent alley
car sandwiches
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure
Tagged 35mm, amy vaillancourt, cars, double exposure, holga camera, nyx, scrap yard
daydreamers
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure
Tagged aeron vaillancourt, All posts, amy vaillancourt, black and white 35mm, daises, double exposures
toes in the water
to the monsters who get away.
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure
Tagged All posts, amy vaillancourt, black and white 35mm, double exposure, Listpoem, nyx, okanagan lake
bouncy tree
bare footed
ambling over leaves,
fallen trees
in the morning.
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure
Tagged amy, fall 2011, Listpoem, nyx, wakefield quebec
split personality
one half.
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure
Tagged amy vaillancourt, black and white 35mm, double exposure, Listpoem, Mr. Christiansen, nyx
who?
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure
Tagged amy vaillancourt, bear creek, British Colombia, holga camera, janet-photo, Listpoem
loaf more
local elementary students showcase their first pieces of stencil art in the derelict forest behind their school. the message is clear.
when i found these piles of abandoned junk tagged up with these motivational words i was so impressed that i was tempted to make a counter comment just to egg them on but i only got this far;
‘it may or may not happen’
‘do more or less sometimes’
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure
Tagged amy vaillancourt, British Colombia, junk car, Listpoem, nyx, stencil art
can do
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure, Montreal
Tagged amy vaillancourt, holga camera, Listpoem, montreal, nyx, street art
the water’s edge
beauty’s reflection in the glass of water
the magic that creates fairytales
the paired loons laugh, giggle
at our absurd paddle boat antics
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure
Tagged black and white 35mm, cool lake, double exposure, holga camera, irons michigan, lily pads, Listpoem, nyx
Duo tang
Upon a pivot they turn
Pursuing separate arcs
Definite, but together.
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure, Nyx and Wren
Tagged amy vaillancourt, manistee, michigan, swings
light action
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure
Tagged amy vaillancourt, filament light bulbs, light bulb store, Listpoem, nyx, toronto
Vagabond
in the midst of a journey it is easy to forgets where exactly you are going or where in fact home is. the world becomes a fantastical place filled with unbounded possibilities and newness. we collect souvenirs along the way in hopes of keeping a reminder of beauty that was discovered. sometimes these treasures are tokens such as rocks or feathers. sometimes they are memories of places or of kindness and sometimes they are artistic inspiration, an image or an idea. in this case it was an image to frame an idea;
‘homeless hottie, on the corner next to you.’
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure
Tagged amy vaillancourt, homeless hottie, Listpoem, nyx, woodward av
sumac grove
trespassing on an American farmer’s land for a few photographs while the vespas idle calmly on the side of a dirt road.
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure
Tagged amy vaillancourt, cool lake, double exposure, holga camera, irons michigan, Listpoem, wren
party time
If there is one thing that is a common sighting in Detroit, it is the ‘party store’. They are typically peppered into the landscape along clusters of abandoned commercial areas on larger roads. They are open from 7am until 2am, save a few exceptions; January 1st: open until 4am, December 24th: closed at midnight and Sundays they do not open until 12pm, as a consideration for church goers. You can often cash checks, buy liquor, cigarettes, lotto tickets and a variety of pops and junk food. They use an elaborate sign campaign to advertise their products, which I liked because many of them date back to the fifties.
The French Canadian version of a ‘party store’ (a term mostly used in the mid-west of the U.S.) is called a Depanneur. The translation of this word to English is “a repairer of breakdowns” or “troubleshoot.”
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure
Tagged amy vaillancourt, depanneur, detroit, double exposures, garage, holga camera, Listpoem, nyx, party store, supplies
stone wall
layers on layers
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure, Montreal
Tagged amy vaillancourt, holga camera, nyx, pool on the mountain
off!
ghosts exiting
in quest for adventure
in a pile of sand
on a peninsula
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure, Nyx and Wren
Tagged amy vaillancourt, Listpoem, montreal, pool
field of dreams
zenith of daylight
summer solstice
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure
Tagged amy vaillancourt, holga camera
the median
this lonely set of highway barriers is a particularly old and beautiful one. i immediately was drawn to them, they had a sort of ancient throne appeal. the common barrier that you would find on a highway (also known as a jersey barrier or k-rail in the more western states) was originally designed for the safety of pedestrians as well as the elimination of head on collisions but has had arguable impacts on the movement of animals. the jersey barrier has more recently been deployed in anti-terrorism plights due to the durability of their reinforced steel design. their advantage in battle is their moveable but semi-permanent nature. but i must ask the question of this need for separation, if the lines are ephemeral how does one know what side of the line one is standing on?
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure
Tagged christmas trees, griffon town, holga camera, jersey barriers, Listpoem, nyx
cross hatching
a linear representation of shadow
parallel lines crossing on an angle
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure
Tagged double exposures, holga camera, Listpoem, montreal, nyx
edge of the pond
it is as if they were the beginnings of frogs emerging from some melted run off water, mere tadpoles with transforming bodies. a huddled mass of a new years hatch, fresh and anticipative for warmer months.
(read in Herzog’s voice)
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure
Tagged beaver pond, beaver pond Rupert, darryl singh, j morgan, jason mahon, Listpoem, nyx, Rupert, spring, Vanessa Morrell
the crossroads
why is it that strangers rarely if ever collide with one another? is it fear of proximity, intimacy? is it society’s ethics that drive us to comply to politeness or hurried steps?
or is it simply that we are on autopilot, our paths pre-determined in a complex maze of ties and steps?
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure
Tagged crossroads, Listpoem, nyx, railroad, toronto
highway prism
the turcot interchange was originally built as a “dramatic” display of montreal’s global position as a metropolis, yet it has become a crumbling problem. its design accommodated both ships and trains to pass underneath its expansive footprint and in this case, deviant youth.
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure, Montreal
Tagged holga camera, Listpoem, montreal, nyx, railroad, turcot interchange
Interdit
you may have been there before but not anymore
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure, Montreal
Tagged alley, list poem, Listpoem, montreal, zone interdit
head in the clouds
picture daydream
a fissure-like crack into a cavern of construction.
manipulations hold time and rule only to a test.
the tame and tribulations coincide in ennui.
playful interactions lend themselves purely.
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure
Tagged amy vaillancourt, icicle, ladder series, Listpoem, Plateau
broken glass
in the darkened belly of places left to sit
creatures become silhouettes against
the light of the whirlwind sun.
gaze they do out into the world
trapped by their own innards
and insecurity.
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure, Montreal
Tagged Listpoem, nyx, snow storm, train tracks
undercovers
untouched snow where green grass grows
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure, Montreal
Tagged holga camera, Listpoem, mont-royal cemetery, nyx
oh, canada
immigration dreams:
i want to live, here.
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure
Tagged immigration dreams, Listpoem, permanent residency, space needle, toronto
the last of the newspaper boxes
it remains one of my favorite weekend routines, to fetch the sunday paper and something fresh for breakfast. then i lounge around in the early morning to read and wonder about the world, until people wake up and get excited to do things.
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure
Tagged Listpoem, news, the newspaper
rippled mirror
Echoes of attraction
extend out into the
mirror of space,
beauty’s symmetry.
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure
Tagged holga camera, Listpoem, nyx, reflection, swan, toronto harbor
last leg of the journey
ominous buildings conceal the snarl toothed beauty of nature.
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure, Montreal
Tagged cyborg town, j morgan, jt, Listpoem, nyx, scuttle bug park
les belles
Dear Grace and Adam, Siobhan and Dave, Ross and Tara, Eva and Craig, and Nic,
the ‘coon, the skateboard, the buildings, the photos, the beers, the cheeses, the walks, the dances, the sunshine, the queen of sheba cake, the softly boiled eggs, the brunch, the market, the apple, the ride, the crackers, the pate, the shore side.
much obliged.
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure
Tagged dave remple, exclusive films, grace, lcbo, Lis, multiple exposure, ross john lyle, siobhan mcpherson, toronto
high vis
civil servant art
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure
Tagged chicken guillotine, double exposure, high vis, Listpoem, nyx, pylons, railroad, street art, toronto
outer body experience
lucid perch
moments fluttering with contemplation, self-reflection
images of escaping reality.
an attempt at being grounded
left as shadows cast upon the horizontal.
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Posted in All posts, Double Exposure, Montreal
Tagged alley, amy vaillancourt, garbage, ghosts. montreal, holga camera, Listpoem, nyx, snow storm, step ladder