No computer foolery here, no mirrors, and no tricks...

First I took a picture of an empty box with some candles on top, then a version where I laid my head inside (There were two boxes, one with a hole for my head, one without). The key was to only develop the parts I wanted on the same piece of paper in the darkroom.

The result was a bit disturbing | but went over well in class.

1991 - Dorm room, The Ohio State University

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