The Art of photography

ThePrinciplesat

Work:InPursuitofExcellence

Photographsmadeinsequence,almostasit

theywerestillsfromamotionpicture,suggest

realms

offantasyandthesupernaturalinfiveframes

depictingasleepinggirl'seroticdream.Theghostly

image

ofthe

dreamedloverwasachieved bya

simpletechnique,doubleexposure Theman

appearedduringonlypartoftheexposurein

eachpicturewhereheispresent,andnotallhis

featureshadtimetoregisteronthe

film

DUANEMICHALSTheYoungGirlsDream. 1969

Inanothertypeofsequence,thesameobjectis

photograhed

fromthreedifferentdistancesand

threedifferent

pointsofview;thecombinationis

explained

—

ormademoremysterious

—

by

the

enigmaticlegendwrittenbelowthesequence.

"Isthishowyouthand

radianceleaveus

7 "

mayrefer

topoeticcomparisonsbetween

lifeandaglass

ofwine,thoughthephotographerhasgiven

the

sentimentacomictwist:Thecupisclearly

commonplasticandprobably

filledwithsodapop.