TITLE: Mary and Tanqueray

A piece from my series Mary and Tanqueray.

All images were shot with the front facing camera of an iPhone 6 Plus and then digitally montaged.

One of my first digital projects, coming from the darkroom doing experimental works I started this series seeing what I could do with my “daily eye”, my phone and pushing those images to their digital limits.

Each piece is composed of a repeated image and altered to create a composition. There is something very interesting about taking the same picture and repeating, merging, collaging, etc. to create one final image. Photography is much more than just a single, still, well-captured image.

The title is, partially, an ode to psychedelia, the enlightened sense of perception that one can achieve via certain enhancers. Enhancers can vary for each individual, and range from drugs to skydiving to music. Regardless of the method, the outcome of enhanced personal perception remains the same. As long as the action enhances ones perception of their world, is it not worth it?

AUTHOR: Nickolaos Tzigizis (United States)

Born and raised in Roslindale, MA, Nickolaos (Niko) Tzigizis is a first-generation Greek-American artist. Recently graduated with a Bachelors in Art, Niko is experimenting with multiple mediums, but has found his main interest to be in photography. Through both digital and film photography Niko is exploring ideas of contrast, reality, and surrealism. He has great interest in experimental photography, specifically photomontage and collage.