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Portrait of Ai Weiwei with multiple exposure creating ghosted side profiles flanking a central facing view against a dark background

Daniel Boud, Photographer, Sydney

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This striking multiple-exposure portrait captures artist Ai Weiwei against a deep black background. The composition features a central, forward-facing view of the subject flanked by overlapping, semi-transparent profile views that create a sequential sense of motion or time passing. Ai Weiwei wears a simple dark t-shirt and sports short hair and a grey-streaked beard. The lighting is direct and focused, sculpting the facial features cleanly out of the darkness while maintaining transparency in the layered ghostly figures. The portrait was photographed in Sydney by Daniel Boud.

Keywords

ai weiwei portraitai weiweiman portraitmultiple exposure portraitmultiple exposureasian manolder man

Styles

EditorialHorizontalCinematicMonochrome

Techniques

Multiple exposureLow-key / chiaroscuro

Background

Black Seamless

Context

Editorial
Portrait / Headshot
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