Alpha Exposure

a close-up of a baby with diffusion filter

Alpha Exposure

n.
the otherworldly aura of seeing recordings of a friend in early childhood—catching those little gestures you’d one day come to know, so recognizable yet so foreign, searching their eyes for traces of who it is they’d eventually become.

From alpha, the unstable initial release of software still being tested + exposure, the amount of time that light is allowed onto photographic film.

Midsummer

a person standing in a garden holding a clock

Tirosy

a close-up of a young child's face

Halfwise

a train coming towards the camera shot from the tracks

Alpha Exposure

a close-up of a baby with diffusion filter

Lap Year

several people racing bicycles uphill in a forest

Yeorie

a woman with tendrils of smoke moving across her face

Aftersome

rows of opaque and clear marbles

Etterath

a graduation cap and gown on a chair

Ecury

a close-up of cave drawings and symbols

Heart Of Aces

a person covering their eyes with their hands

Lisolia

a bookcase containing objects

Keta

a hand reaching through paper with a flower drawing

Anchorage

a person's arm extended over river rapids

Clockwise

a close-up of flower along with polaroid pictures

Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground

Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books

Keir

a snowy landscape with trees and a fence

Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room

Malotype

Cover image for the Malotype word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Scabulous

Cover image for the Scabulous word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Allope

Cover image for the Allope word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Nighthawk

Cover image for the Nighthawk word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Manusia

Cover image for the Manusia word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Vellichor

shelves with many books stacked and organized

Suerza

a tunnel with a light emanating from the end

Dead Reckoning

Cover image for the Dead Reckoning word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Dolonia

Cover image for the Dolonia word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows