ABSTRACT
Sikora's images are double exposures. There are various ways of achieving this effect: expose the same frame twice in the camera, double print two negatives, or blend two images with photo processing software. Two disparate views and experiences become one after he has made his second exposure. The latent information on the negative is amalgamated into a new single vision, the depiction of distinct spectacles, seen in two different places and recorded at two different times. There are many double- or multiple-exposure photographers who work with the technique in various ways to provide different experiences for their audience. Some are very simple and the constituent parts are easily distinguished. The vista of nature that broadens towards the image's right edge is the most intact and least convoluted part of the photograph. As in dreams, gravity, solid matter, and perspective are suspended for something else.
