Composites

What you see here is more electrons than photons. They're my original photographs, but I used digital tools to create either multiple-exposure images or stacked composites. In both cases the results retain just enough reality to make the subject recognizable, but added a significant level of abstraction to make you think about it.

A layered red building facade overlaps trees and blue sky.
A layered view of Athens spreads across a hillside beneath a hazy sky.
Athens fills the frame below a dark hill and blue clouds.
Red, yellow and white apartment facades overlap in a vivid geometric composite.
Red, yellow and white apartment facades overlap in a vivid geometric composite.
Red, yellow and white apartment facades overlap in a vivid geometric composite.
Colorful apartment blocks blur beneath a bright blue sky.
Colorful apartment blocks blur beneath a bright blue sky.
Colorful apartment blocks blur beneath a bright blue sky.
Colorful apartment blocks blur beneath a bright blue sky.
Colorful apartment blocks blur beneath a bright blue sky.
Red, yellow and white apartment facades overlap in a vivid geometric composite.
The Berlin television tower rises against a textured red background.
Dense layers of high-rise buildings form a colorful urban abstraction.
A carousel and surrounding lights blend into layered gold and brown streaks.
Pink flowering trees blur into a dense grid of branches and color.
A domed cathedral is rendered in vivid orange, green and blue motion blur.
Colorful carved masks blur together in a vivid abstract image.
Curved riveted metal supports blur into an industrial abstraction.
Tall steel supports and cross-bracing overlap in warm light.
Curving metal rails and structural lines form a layered abstraction.
Dubrovnik’s orange roofs descend toward the blue Adriatic Sea.
Dubrovnik’s orange roofs descend toward the blue Adriatic Sea.
Dark apartment blocks line the horizon beneath a blue-and-gold evening sky.
Curved iron latticework sweeps through a colorful abstract view.
A blue opening is framed by layered iron arches.
The Eiffel Tower rises in a vivid blue-and-orange composite.
A close iron arch crosses an orange sky.
The tower’s iron structure overlaps a nearby modern building.
A steep escalator rises through bands of colored light.
An illuminated Ferris wheel stands against the night sky.
Colorful umbrellas hang above a bright indoor market passage.
Layered glass, beams and colored reflections form an abstract architectural composition.
Layered glass, beams and colored reflections form an abstract architectural composition.
Layered glass, beams and colored reflections form an abstract architectural composition.
Layered glass, beams and colored reflections form an abstract architectural composition.
Layered glass, beams and colored reflections form an abstract architectural composition.
A crowd and red vehicle blur across a pale city square.
The Grand Palais glass vault and iron ribs blur into a luminous architectural pattern.
The Grand Palais glass vault and iron ribs blur into a luminous architectural pattern.
The Grand Palais glass vault and iron ribs blur into a luminous architectural pattern.
The Grand Palais glass vault and iron ribs blur into a luminous architectural pattern.
The Grand Palais glass vault and iron ribs blur into a luminous architectural pattern.
A narrow street leads toward a half-timbered building.
Overlapping multicolored lanterns fill the frame beneath a dark roof.
Glass walls and structural lines overlap in a blue architectural abstraction.
Yellow ceiling panels, windows and structural lines converge in an upward abstract view.
Yellow ceiling panels, windows and structural lines converge in an upward abstract view.
Yellow ceiling panels, windows and structural lines converge in an upward abstract view.
A vintage locomotive and station arches overlap in warm motion blur.
A vintage locomotive and station arches overlap in warm motion blur.
A vintage locomotive and station arches overlap in warm motion blur.
Bridge lights and their reflections stretch across dark water at night.
Tall buildings rise between blurred architectural planes in a city plaza.
Dense ochre buildings and rooftops cover a hillside.
Two rectangular towers stand beyond a reflecting pool under a blue sky.
Red and blue accents streak across a blurred modern facade.
Repeated concrete geometric forms rise against a pale sky.
A gnarled olive trunk is layered with translucent bark, branches and green ground.
A gnarled olive trunk is layered with translucent bark, branches and green ground.
A gnarled olive trunk is layered with translucent bark, branches and green ground.
A gnarled olive trunk is layered with translucent bark, branches and green ground.
A gnarled olive trunk is layered with translucent bark, branches and green ground.
A tall orange residential tower rises between sweeping concrete forms.
A courtyard, striped columns and ornate facades overlap in a layered composite.
A red diagonal tube crosses a blurred glass and steel facade.
White structural lines and a red escalator cross a dense industrial facade.
Bridge arches and railings overlap in a red, white and dark abstract composition.
Bridge arches and railings overlap in a red, white and dark abstract composition.
A bridge and its decorative elements appear doubled in red and cyan.
Curved bridge beams and lights sweep through a layered motion study.
Curved bridge beams and lights sweep through a layered motion study.
Colorful waterfront buildings line a harbor beneath a deep blue sky.
A multistory Prague facade is rendered with saturated color and soft motion blur.
A multistory Prague facade is rendered with saturated color and soft motion blur.
A multistory Prague facade is rendered with saturated color and soft motion blur.
A gridded stone facade is softened by horizontal motion blur.
A red-and-white tram emerges from a dark arched passage.
Striped multicolored tables and benches stand on a paved terrace.
Pale rooftops, chimneys and terraces overlap in a soft blue-gray view.
Dense scaffolding lines overlap into a complex abstract grid.
Dense scaffolding lines overlap into a complex abstract grid.
Tall clipped hedges border a straight garden path toward a château.
Rows of stacked chair frames repeat in a colorful layered composition.
Rows of stacked chair frames repeat in a colorful layered composition.
Rows of stacked chair frames repeat in a colorful layered composition.
Two figures walk along a shoreline beneath an orange sunset.
Orange sunlight spreads across a calm horizon and softly blurred water.
Siena’s dense rooftops are layered into a colorful textured cityscape.
The Chain Bridge’s beams, cables and stonework blend into vivid motion and color.
The Chain Bridge’s beams, cables and stonework blend into vivid motion and color.
The Chain Bridge’s beams, cables and stonework blend into vivid motion and color.
The Chain Bridge’s beams, cables and stonework blend into vivid motion and color.
The Chain Bridge’s beams, cables and stonework blend into vivid motion and color.
Perforated metal panels and colored circular forms overlap overhead.
Dark vertical pipes and a red valve overlap a pale industrial wall.
Industrial pipes and a green cylindrical tank blend into a dark layered abstraction.
Curving rust-colored steel walls form a warm abstract interior composition.
Curving rust-colored steel walls form a warm abstract interior composition.
Curving rust-colored steel walls form a warm abstract interior composition.