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Written by Sab Will--Paris Set Me Free
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 A double exposure of two contiguous ads on one of those funky rolling ad thingies. Funnily enough, good old Sarkozy was on the cover of two mags which happened to be out at the same time, which isn't such an unusual occurrence, but since the Pres has hooked up with diva Carla Bruni they've just gone crazy.
As I gazed at the revolving ads, one after another, I thought it would
be interesting to try and incorporate the two images in one.
'Le Point' has a rather stern looking Sarko crowned by the slyly
sardonic title 'L'Acrobat', while L'Express is slightly less snidey
with 'Le President People', which doesn't mean 'the people's
president', but more 'the showbiz pres'.
Here we see an image which someone has slaved over to remove all
extraneous detail to just have Sarko and Bruni looking happy and
lurvely together enjoying some event.
I did the double exposure thing and the result is an interesting mix of
the two images. By tilting the camera differently for the two shots,
the rather sad-looking Sarko from 'Le Point' seems to be resting his
head with a certain melancholy on Carla's shoulder. His mouth is
transparently covered by his hand from the other shot, originally on
his chin, which adds a bit of silent commentary - why is he covering
his mouth...?
In any case, the great thing with double exposures is that you really
have no idea how the different elements are going to marry and send out
unexpected messages. If your camera allows it, give it a go, and see
what happens. And let us know!
Paris photographer Sab Will invites you to share his unique view of the city he loves. Paris Set Me
Free captures Sab's personal observations, which rub shoulders with
photographic analysis in his eclectic and sometimes irreverent
'snapshots' of life in the French capital. For his complete bio, look here .
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