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THIS INSTALLMENT SHOWCASES THE UNIQUE SYMMETRY AND COLOR OF HISTORICAL SURFBOARD FINS AND TAILS THROUGH MULTIPLE EXPOSED FILM. TO SIMPLIFY MULTIPLE EXPOSURE, I DO NOT ADVANCE THE FILM FRAME FROM 1 TO 2 TO 3 ETC... I EXPOSE ONE FRAME MULTIPLE TIMES. IT STARTED WITH EXPOSING A FRAME TWICE (DOUBLE EXPOSURE) THEN I EXPERIMENTED WITH MORE AND MORE EXPOSURES. ALL OF THESE PHOTOS WERE SHOT ON EITHER KODAK OR FUJI 120 FILM OF DIFFERENT SPEEDS. I DID NOT USE ANY FILTERS OR PHOTOSHOP TO CREATE THESE IMAGES. THE CONCEPT STARTS WITH AN IDEA, A ROUGH IS SKETCHED OUT ON PAPER, THEN I USE BASIC MATH TO COME UP WITH THE COMPENSATION FOR THE EXPOSURE. I AVERAGE 2 USEABLE PHOTOS PER ROLL OF FILM (15 SHOTS.) THE BOARDS WERE PROVIDED BY THE CALIFORNIA SURF MUSEUM IN OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA WHERE THEY REMAIN ON DISPLAY FOR THE PUBLIC TO VIEW. I MADE THE COVER OF THE JUNE 2020 ISSUE OF THE SURFERS JOURNAL, THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS SURF PUBLICATION IN THE WORLD. ALL OF THESE IMAGES ARE AVAILABLE FOR PRINTS.