I had a friend (art curator) critique this image which became very popular as part of a series of photos comprised of multiple photographic images layered upon each other. Very few if any were just multiple exposures. Most had between four and ten layered images combined with varying levels of transparency. The result of the process was the emergence of shapes and forms not existing in any one image.

“The work reads less like a record of places than a carefully constructed visual meditation on perception itself. By layering a desert landscape with a shimmering waterscape, trees, and filtered sunlight, the artist dissolves any clear boundary between terrain and reflection, reality and reverie. Although the image is lit with a cool, lunar ambience, it never feels cold; instead, the moonlit atmosphere softens the scene into a hovering dreamscape where time appears suspended. Most compelling is the barely discernible face emerging from the water — not photographed directly, but assembled through the accumulation of overlaid images — which lends the piece a psychological depth that feels both intimate and elusive. This subtle apparition transforms the composition into a different narrative of presence and absence, leaving the viewer with a lingering sense of mystery about what is being revealed and what remains deliberately hidden.”