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December 28, 2012  

1920s Double Image Photos by Lewis Reed

If you take a look at the state of photography today, such as the advances of digital cameras and the artful image manipulation by Photoshop, it is easy to forget that back in the 1920s photographers couldn’t just go into a computer program and change their images any way they wanted. They did what they could with the tools they had. Double image exposure was one tool Lewis Reed had in his photography tool belt.

With double exposure technique, you could create certain effects like placing the same person on both sides of a picture simultaneously. Very hard to believe these images were not created using Photoshop, they are just too cool. No digital manipulation here.

Below are some vintage (circa 1920s) double image photographs from Lewis Reed’s collection (click on photos to enlarge):

Lewis Reed standing on both sides of a steamroller

Another double exposure wonderment. Wanna Fight?

Double Image

Oh No! What on earth are they doing? I don’t know, but this one is epic.

Don't Shoot!

Don’t Shoot! Lewis Reed is standing both front left and front right in this photo

 

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