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.

Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk

Aulasy

a blurry image of a house on the road

Amentalio

a person in a white dress, facing away

Clockwise

a close-up of flower along with polaroid pictures

Etterath

a graduation cap and gown on a chair

Mithenness

a person standing on the side of a road

Yeorie

a woman with tendrils of smoke moving across her face

Alpha Exposure

a close-up of a baby with diffusion filter

Appriesse

a blurry image of a person looking at mounted images

Enterhood

adults with stern expressions holding a child

Fellchaser

a blurred shadow of a person in a dark room

Cullaways

a lone sand castle on a beach at low tide

Lisolia

a bookcase containing objects

Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground

Halfwise

a train coming towards the camera shot from the tracks

Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects

Nowlings

a pile of black and white puzzle pieces

Solla, Solla, Solla

a hand reaching out for plant tendril

Future-Tense

a person looking at their reflection

Hubilance

Soufrise

Waldosia

Exulansis

Tirosy

a close-up of a young child's face

The Giltwrights

Kuebiko

The Kinder Surprise