From: "TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
I love old buildings. Each one has its own vibe, matching its history. I love visiting really old buildings when I'm having one of my sorta-psychic days, because I can "tune in" and catch glimpses into the past. It's not like seeing ghosts -- I don't -- more like being able to feel some residual influence from the people who lived their lives there. If I were to try to come up with a metaphor for what it feels like, it would be from back in the days of film cameras, when you could intentionally or inadvertently create a "double exposure." If the camera didn't move, you've got one "background photo," and then another one superimposed over it, sort of ghostly, because the second image always appears a little overexposed. Sometimes you can see through the second image to the background below. That's what touring old buildings on a good day is like for me. I see the present as the "background photo," and then every so often -- without willing it, without expecting it, without doing anything to create it -- I get this visual flashback, with other characters and other furniture situated in the same room. As with a double exposure, I can sorta see through them. And it only lasts for a few seconds. Even if it's only imagined -- and I fully admit that it could be -- it's a lot of fun. Trying to describe this reminded me of a Dutch photographer who must have had (or imagined) the same experience. He combines new photographs with old to create superimposed images that kinda capture what the experience is like. Ghosts of war: Artist superimposes World War II photographs on to modern pictures of the same street scenes Ghosts of war: Artist superimposes World War II photogra... The remarkable pictures show scenes from France today with atmospheric photographs taken in the same place during the war superimposed on top. View on www.dailymail.co.uk Preview by Yahoo
