Manya Naranzogt: Double Take
“I took these photos in 2018 on my first roll of 800 speed film. I was so excited to capture the neon of the christmas trees on my first visit through Seattle and Smith Rock. I accidentally double exposed the last half of my film but this is still my favorite reel I’ve ever captured. I felt sad and alone at this time and I think that motivated me to find the warmth of the holidays in a new city. I love how the overlapped photos become married, that each location is opposing and yet cannot be divorced, with some shots including three different ghostly prints on each other.”
—Manya Naranzogt
End (2018)
Seattle and Smith Rock State Park
Bend (2018)
Seattle and Smith Rock State Park
2 Names, 2 Cigarettes (2018)
Seattle and Smith Rock State Park
Ghost of the Consumer (2018)
Seattle and Smith Rock State Park
My Arms Bend Back (2018)
Seattle and Mount Si
3 Houses Stacked On Top Of Each Other (2018)
Seattle
Spy (2018)
Seattle
Lost Lake (2018)
Seattle
“I’m in love with the mysterious figure seeming to follow his twinkling path of light and becoming obscured in his mission. It perfectly encapsulates how I loved Robert at this time and I can look back and think how much we’ve changed.”
Beginnings (2018)
“I took this portrait of Robert three years after our visit to Seattle. Some things change and some stay the same.”
Manya Naranzogt is an interdisciplinary artist that focuses on photography, painting, and sculpture centered on themes of nostalgia and security. As a child, they learned everything about photography from their father who shoots landscape photography in the Mongolian wilderness.
