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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.

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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.

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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.

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"…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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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