American Surrealist

multiple exposure photography

"This is where my grandma was born!" Valentine Nebraska.

"The use of multiple exposures, a technique deeply rooted in the history of photography, is masterfully used here"

the snoqualmie falls over the people on the look out standing watching. This multiple exposiure photograph is made in camera. Shot to completion when the final exposure is made. Two to just under ten are the numer of images I can combine. Its magic.

school boys in Uganda play soccer in the court yard of their school. The letters become the playground floor; slogons such as one mans meat is another mans posion; and elections can be monitored by the computers; the alaphabet can be seen on the roof.

Shower Curtains

"Everybody has to see something beautiful in the morning in order to have a good day"
-Ira von Fürstenberg

"Fine Art while you Shart"
-Scotty (Bass 1)

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Commerce free art. See all the photos... going back to my 24 and 50 megapixel days!!!

meet JonathaN

jonathan@americansurrealist.com

615.988.7575

meet JonathaN

a knights inn off harding place in Nashville is seen at the bottom of the photo. The walls are the peeling paint of color swipe that sees a plane fly off to the left.

"Your work manages to transcend the boundaries of fine art photography by embracing surrealism as a means of creating beauty."

road cotton cotton road. Its a multiple exposure photograph that looks like a layer of mineral deposits. Though its clouds on cotton on grass on the road above and below.

"your work is a form of visual poetry, where elements and composition combine to evoke emotion and ignite the imagination."

locals come out to enjoy the beach in the small fishing village of El Cuyo Mexico. The multiple exposure technique that allows film emulation and color shifts before each exposure is created makes the people look like paper collage... the birds too.

a multiple exposure photograph of downtown nashville neon lights the general jackson and a house fly. This surreal photo, created in camera, brings near and far elements together with whimsy.

a classic ranch on malboro drive in lexington kentucky shows through the red mail box flag and address numbers. I work mainly during the hour before sunset when the light bends around objects allowing me to wrap them together with my multple exposure pics

All these photos are made in camera! No photoshop (except the parethanon [very top] and beach people below being extremely saturated cuz it looks cool on the phone)... I paint with light..... and have my own shower curtain label!

The 20's is the decade of surrealism. All photos are multiple exposure and made using large format cameras; they're beautiful at all sizes..... call or text me 615.988.7575. my name is Jonathan.

jonathan@ostinato.kim