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Memories & Other Poisons

A series held together by what lingers, the sweet and the bitter both.

Melancholia — Mayra Rae, 35mm double exposure, 2022

Melancholia (2022)

35mm film double exposure, later processed in Photoshop.

The Earth gives us flowers to remind us to be gentle and patient with our souls.

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You Never Even Saw My Bedroom — Mayra Rae, 35mm double exposure, 2022

You Never Even Saw My Bedroom (2022)

35mm film double exposure on Ilford 3200.

You never even saw my bedroom. How could you possibly understand all of me?

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Sweetest Kill — Mayra Rae, 35mm double exposure, 2022

Sweetest Kill (2022)

35mm double exposure on Portra 400. Light leaks were caused by chance. Tied up with rainbows in Photoshop.

"…I can't think of any greater happiness than to be with you all the time, without interruption, endlessly, even though I feel that here in this world there's no undisturbed place for our love, neither in the village nor anywhere else; and I dream of a grave, deep and narrow, where we could clasp each other in our arms as with clamps, and I would hide my face in you and you would hide your face in me, and nobody would ever see us any more." — Franz Kafka

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Last Night's Embers — Mayra Rae, 35mm in-camera double exposure, 2025

Last Night’s Embers (2025)

35mm in-camera double exposure shot on Kodak Gold.

Candlelight memories
Still burning at both ends.

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Light Giver — Mayra Rae, shot on expired 35mm film, 2025

Light Giver (2025)

Shot on expired 35mm film.

A best friend is a flower and a light.

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Dreaming in Technicolor — Mayra Rae, 35mm double exposure, 2023

Dreaming in Technicolor (2023)

35mm film double exposure and digital manipulation.

Dreaming in technicolor —
summertime visions slip through my fingers.
And I let the water fall
fall fall fall fall.

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Human Error — Mayra Rae, 35mm film photograph and digital overlays, 2022

Human Error (2022)

35mm film photograph and digital overlays.

The only one I feel comfortable around. Everyone else knew better. Can’t hang out with dead people. Can’t move on with fear.

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I Would Wait a Million Years — Mayra Rae, 35mm film photograph on Lomography Purple and digital overlays, 2023

I Would Wait a Million Years (2023)

35mm film photograph on Lomography Purple and digital overlays.

Say you’ll remember.

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Over the Hills and Far Away — Mayra Rae, 35mm self-portrait shot through a prism, 2023

Over the Hills and Far Away (2023)

35mm self-portrait shot through a prism on a rainy afternoon.

You always let me stop, even if it’s rainy out.
Driving towards the hills, even if it’s rainy out.

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