double exposure
Americannoun
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the act of exposing the same film, frame, plate, etc., twice.
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the picture resulting from such exposure.
noun
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the act or process of recording two superimposed images on a photographic medium, usually done intentionally to produce a special effect
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the photograph resulting from such an act
Etymology
Origin of double exposure
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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"For Europe it's double exposure: exposure to what America might do and then what China will do in response."
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2025
In one, from 1979, titled “James Baldwin in Setting Sun Over Harlem,” Smith, using double exposure, overlays very faintly a photo she took of Baldwin onto a skyscape of light-shot dark clouds.
From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2023
She experimented with double exposure, placing her face over Warhol’s prints or the faces of the famous, such as Willem de Kooning.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2020
He used double exposure — a novel technique for Hollywood movies — to simulate Kelly dancing with a ghostlike figure of himself on a lonely street block.
From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2019
She opened her eyes; for an instant the vision of the young telepath hung in the air over her couch like a ghostly double exposure.
From The Passenger by Connell
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