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Floral Lovescapes II

Ten 1/1 35mm film self-portraits, lovingly hand-altered over the course of 1.5 years through various experimental methods and techniques. This series is an homage to the creation of beauty through the form of destruction, and the natural unfurling that occurs in one’s life in order to unearth the next iteration of yourself. Floral Lovescapes II creates a psychedelic dreamland where flowers and the earth recount sentiments aching to be expressed.

Your Hand in Mine — Mayra Rae, double exposure, 2023

Your Hand in Mine (2023)

35mm in-camera double exposure.
Processed in Photoshop, printed on fabric paper, and re-scanned.

Reaching into the Earth for answers.
Communicating through mycelium networks — she tells me I can have it all, that the only one who didn’t believe it was me.

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Coming Up Roses — Mayra Rae, double exposure, 2023

Coming Up Roses (2023)

35mm in-camera double exposure.
Printed on fabric, re-scanned, and processed in Photoshop as a mixed media digital collage.

I am a garden blooming all the time.
Hugged by barbed wire, dripping in sunshine.

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Valley of the Dolls — Mayra Rae, double exposure, 2023

Valley of the Dolls (2023)

35mm in-camera double exposure.
Processed in Photoshop using mixed media textures and a chamomile tea + apple cider vinegar "film soup" layer.

A copy of a copy of a copy.
Creating an infinite loop of delusions, like a mirror pointed at itself.
That’s a laundry list of changes you would be better without, dollface.

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Hail Mary, full of fire — Mayra Rae, double exposure, 2023

Hail Mary, full of fire (2023)

35mm in-camera double exposure.
Color corrected in Photoshop and layered with a watered down citric acid ‘film soup’ scan for added green grain texture.

Hail Mary, full of fire
Patron Saint of Troubled Daughters.
The details are different, but the story’s the same.
A diary burner before the age of 8.

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Sea of Flowers — Mayra Rae, double exposure, 2023

Sea of Flowers (2023)

35mm in-camera double exposure. Processed in Photoshop using mixed media textures and re-scanned under a purple ink stained transparency sheet layer.

A blue hour dip in the flower pool.
We don’t skip rocks, we skip petals and float all the way home.

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Poppy Fever Dream — Mayra Rae, double exposure, 2023

Poppy Fever Dream (2023)

35mm in-camera double exposure.
Processed in Photoshop using mixed media textures and a champagne ‘film soup’ layer.

Dreaming in technicolor,
I counted every neon sign on your street on the way in.
When you asked me to lie down,
I was just hoping you’d get the lighting right.
It was 100 degrees on a winter night.

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Intoxication — Mayra Rae, disposable camera self-portrait, 2023

Intoxication (2023)

35mm film self-portrait on a disposable camera.
Digitally painted, and processed in Photoshop using mixed media textures.

Hazy midnight comfort under a bed of poppies.
The whole world was spinning, slower than usual.
That’s when I remembered I met you,
not on a late fall night, but 2-3 lifetimes ago.

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Head in the Clouds — Mayra Rae, double exposure, 2023

Head in the Clouds (2023)

35mm in-camera double exposure and digital overlay.
Processed in Photoshop using mixed media textures.

Why ask me to come down when you could join me? You already know the answer, come on up.

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Last Summer's Daydream — Mayra Rae, double exposure, 2023

Last Summer’s Daydream (2023)

35mm film in-camera double exposure. Processed in Photoshop with mixed media textures.

The wildflowers and I have something in common.
We both sway in your direction every time you walk by.

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Half Moon — Mayra Rae, self-portrait and digital overlay, 2023

Half Moon (2023)

35mm film self-portrait and digital overlay. Processed in Photoshop and re-scanned, layered under a moon printed transparency sheet.

half moon, lying in wait.
keeping a light on for:
a shot in the dark,
a river of thorns,
and a fresh, clean slate.

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