This is a brief excerpt from PetaPixel
Upon first glance, artist Thomas Barbèy‘s surreal photomontages may seem rather amateur when compared with all the highly-polished photomanipulations that are floating around on the Internet. However, one simple fact will make you see the pieces in an entirely different light: Barbèy shoots film and uses in-camera and darkroom techniques to create the works!
That’s right: he eschews Photoshop and digital trickery in favor of analog processes.The photographs that go into each piece are shot using a Mamiya RB 67 medium format camera or a Canon AE-1s 35mm film SLR.
His toolbox of techniques includes combination printing, pre-planned double exposures, and rephotographing collaged photos. The final piece is turned into a single master negative that is used to make a limited number of prints.
Here’s what Barbèy says about his mental process:
Every single one of my images has to pass what I like to call the “So what?” test. If a combination of two or more negatives put together doesn’t touch me or have any particular meaning, I throw it out. I try to combine images and sometimes the results can be disappointing. A giant clock in the middle of the …
By: Michael Zhang
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