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.

Archimony

a person looking at broken furniture

Vellichor

shelves with many books stacked and organized

Pithered

stacks of papers and folders piled high on a table

Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects

Fellchaser

a blurred shadow of a person in a dark room

Yeorie

a woman with tendrils of smoke moving across her face

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Aftersome

rows of opaque and clear marbles

Midsummer

a person standing in a garden holding a clock

Amentalio

a person in a white dress, facing away

Enterhood

adults with stern expressions holding a child

Solla, Solla, Solla

a hand reaching out for plant tendril

Nowlings

a pile of black and white puzzle pieces

Attriage

Nachlophobia

Soufrise

Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects

Liberosis

Drisson

Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books

Keep