“Formless form, image of the unimaginable; call it certain uncertainty.”

 - Laozi, Dao De Jing

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     In the spring of 2023, we began our conceptual project in ”film swaps,” the practice of having one photographer first expose images on an entire roll of film and mail it to another, who would then photograph the same film again from the beginning. We wanted to see how two very different places will look together double-exposed into one image. Each of us had no (or very little) knowledge of what the other person had photographed. The surprising results are surreal images that transport the viewer into another dimension. 

     Challenged with the uncertainties of using film and the discomfort of relinquishing control over the fate of our own individual creations, we learn to accept, and even embrace, the unknowns. It is possible to thrive in chaos, and differences can create something beautiful.