double exposure

American  

noun

Photography.

1. the act of exposing the same film, frame, plate, etc., twice.

2. the picture resulting from such exposure.

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double exposure British  

noun

1. the act or process of recording two superimposed images on a photographic medium, usually done intentionally to produce a special effect

2. the photograph resulting from such an act

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Etymology

Origin of double exposure

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

"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

Mr. Khumalo often makes use of double exposure in his pictures of beaches, mine dumps and motorways, which intimate the ghostly inheritances of the South African landscape.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 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

The spiritualist objects in the exhibition cast back to the idea of collage, too, since early photographers might use layering techniques, such as double exposure, to create the ghostly effects in their spirit images.

From The Guardian • Mar. 22, 2018

In the movies they use a double exposure.

From The Blue Ghost Mystery by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)