PHOTO

SUPERPOSITIONS

Power pylons and lines rising out of a sea of clouds – double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition, 二重露光, 多重露光, n重露光, 重ね合わせ, 35mm colour film, karakorum, Stefan Paulus

35mm film, analog photography, colour film, double exposure, industry, mountains, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition

karakorum

35mm colour film, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 2020–2026

Village lights on snowy hills at dusk below a mountain range – double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition, 二重露光, 多重露光, n重露光, 重ね合わせ, 35mm black and white film, colourised, JPN_913, Stefan Paulus

35mm film, analog photography, black and white film, city, colourised, double exposure, mountains, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, night, superposition

JPN_913

35mm black and white film, colourised, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 2022–2026

Steep rock pyramid layered with clouds and a textured slope, panoramic – double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition, 35mm black and white film, SF-DE-RE, Stefan Paulus

35mm film, analog photography, black and white film, city, double exposure, mountains, multiple exposure, n-fach-belichtung, n-fold exposure, non-photography, superposition

SF-DE-RE

35mm black and white film, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 2022

Jagged dark ridge silhouetted against grainy mist and mountain contours – double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition, 二重露光, 多重露光, n重露光, 重ね合わせ, 35mm black and white film, 108, Stefan Paulus

35mm film, analog photography, black and white film, double exposure, mountains, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition

108

35mm black and white film, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 2026

Tall conifers and rooftops silhouetted against a bright sky with wires – double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition, 二重露光, 多重露光, n重露光, 重ね合わせ, 35mm black and white film, 2xJPsw, Stefan Paulus

35mm film, analog photography, black and white film, city, coast, double exposure, mountains, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition

2xJPsw

35mm black and white film, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 2024–2026

Snow-patched mountain slopes with a building and tracks, green-grey tint – double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition, 35mm colour film, β+ decay, Stefan Paulus

35mm film, analog photography, colour film, double exposure, mountains, multiple exposure, n-fach-belichtung, n-fold exposure, non-photography, superposition

β+ decay

35mm color film, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 2020-2021

Elevated railway structure and power lines in dark backlight – double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition, 二重露光, 多重露光, n重露光, 重ね合わせ, 35mm colour film, 〒160-0022, Stefan Paulus

35mm film, analog photography, city, colour film, double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition

〒160-0022

35mm colour film, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 2026

Striped facade of a large building next to bright clouds, split frame – double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition, 35mm black and white film, TXS, Stefan Paulus

35mm film, analog photography, black and white film, city, double exposure, industry, multiple exposure, n-fach-belichtung, n-fold exposure, non-photography, superposition

TXS

35mm black and white film, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 2021-2022

Mountains under heavy clouds layered over a city of high-rise towers – double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition, 35mm film for colour prints, LCoG, Stefan Paulus

35mm film, analog photography, city, colour film, double exposure, mountains, multiple exposure, n-fach-belichtung, n-fold exposure, non-photography, superposition

LCoG

35mm film for color prints, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 2018

Massive steel structure of a blast furnace seen from below – double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition, 35mm slide film, PLANET A, Stefan Paulus

35mm film, analog photography, city, double exposure, industry, multiple exposure, n-fach-belichtung, n-fold exposure, non-photography, slide film, superposition

PLANET A

35mm slide films, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 1998-2021

Rocky mountain ridge with snow patches, an oval light reflection in the sky – double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition, 35mm colour film, 5-MeO, Stefan Paulus

35mm film, analog photography, city, colour film, double exposure, mountains, multiple exposure, n-fach-belichtung, n-fold exposure, non-photography, superposition

5-MeO

35mm color film, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 2022

Dark building silhouettes, a chimney and dense power lines against a bright grainy sky – double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition, 二重露光, 多重露光, n重露光, 重ね合わせ, 35mm black and white film, 辻, Stefan Paulus

35mm film, analog photography, black and white film, city, double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition

辻

35mm black and white film, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 2024–2026

Curved footbridge with pedestrians and umbrellas over a canal, city blocks behind – double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition, 二重露光, 多重露光, n重露光, 重ね合わせ, 35mm black and white film, [toː.kjoː], Stefan Paulus

35mm film, analog photography, black and white film, city, double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition

[toː.kjoː]

35mm black and white film, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 2026

Dark mountain ridge with snow below a bright, turbulent sky – double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition, 35mm black and white film, 3206m, Stefan Paulus

35mm film, analog photography, black and white film, double exposure, mountains, multiple exposure, n-fach-belichtung, n-fold exposure, non-photography, superposition

3206m

35mm black and white film, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 2022

Overgrown spoil heap and a valley with the chimneys of a steelworks under clouds – double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition, 35mm slide film, 66333VK, Stefan Paulus

35mm film, analog photography, coast, double exposure, industry, multiple exposure, n-fach-belichtung, n-fold exposure, non-photography, slide film, superposition

66333VK

35mm slide film, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 1999-2005

Sun star over a mountain, winding snowy road and trees in a violet inset frame – double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition, 35mm slide film, Ai x AR, Stefan Paulus

35mm film, analog photography, double exposure, mountains, multiple exposure, n-fach-belichtung, n-fold exposure, non-photography, slide film, superposition

Ai x AR

35mm slide film, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 2020-2023

Skeleton of a demolished building dissolving into pale light and a glass high-rise – double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition, 35mm film for colour prints, GoP, Stefan Paulus

35mm film, analog photography, city, colour film, double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition

GoP

35mm film for color prints, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 2012

Prefabricated tower blocks layered over each other under a dark sky – double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition, 35mm black and white film, s=W, Stefan Paulus

35mm film, analog photography, black and white film, city, double exposure, industry, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition

s=W

35mm black and white film, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 2014

Railway yard with rubble and a demolished building, skyline and masts behind – double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition, 35mm slide film, n0n, Stefan Paulus

35mm film, analog photography, city, double exposure, industry, multiple exposure, n-fach-belichtung, n-fold exposure, non-photography, slide film, superposition

n0n

35mm slide film, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 2003

Excavator in a vast sandy pit framed by bright vertical bands of light – double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition, 35mm slide film, R┼ W┼ E┼, Stefan Paulus

35mm film, analog photography, double exposure, industry, multiple exposure, n-fach-belichtung, n-fold exposure, non-photography, slide film, superposition

R┼ W┼ E┼

35mm slide film, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 2006-2018

Street crossing with zebra stripes and buildings, orange light leak – double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition, 二重露光, 多重露光, n重露光, 重ね合わせ, 35mm colour film, (Goma-ki), Stefan Paulus

35mm film, analog photography, city, coast, colour film, double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition

(Goma-ki)

35mm colour film, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 2026

in memoriam AS

video screenshot, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 2024

Large seated Buddha statue superimposed on buildings and a hillside, blue tones – double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition, 二重露光, 多重露光, n重露光, 重ね合わせ, 35mm colour film, olympus XA, Stefan Paulus

35mm film, analog photography, city, coast, colour film, double exposure, mountains, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition

olympus XA

35mm colour film, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 2026

Sun repeated in a vertical line above the sea at dusk, deep red tones – double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition, 35mm colour film, CKRA, Stefan Paulus

35mm film, analog photography, coast, colour film, double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fach-belichtung, n-fold exposure, non-photography, superposition

CKRA

35mm color film, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 2019

Edge of a glass skyscraper with a sun reflection against a pale sky – double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition, 35mm film for colour prints, uSa/nw, Stefan Paulus

35mm film, analog photography, city, colour film, double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fach-belichtung, n-fold exposure, non-photography, superposition

uSa/nw

35mm film for color prints, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 2018

Mountain lake below rocky slopes with snow patches, strong vignette – double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition, 35mm black and white film, GAP/VOID, Stefan Paulus

35mm film, analog photography, black and white film, double exposure, GAP/VOID, mountains, multiple exposure, n-fach-belichtung, n-fold exposure, non-photography, superposition

GAP/VOID

35mm black and white film, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 2018

Skyline of high-rises below snowy mountain slopes and clouds – double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition, 35mm slide film, SF2XFfM, Stefan Paulus

35mm film, analog photography, city, double exposure, mountains, multiple exposure, n-fach-belichtung, n-fold exposure, non-photography, slide film, superposition

SF2XFfM

35mm slide films, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 1999-2023

Highway overpasses layered over snow-covered mountains and railway tracks – double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition, 35mm slide film, 510-341 WEST-O, Stefan Paulus

35mm film, analog photography, city, double exposure, mountains, multiple exposure, n-fach-belichtung, n-fold exposure, non-photography, slide film, superposition

510-341 WEST-O

35mm slide film, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 2023

Snow-covered mountain range in front of a wide hazy lowland and blue sky – double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition, 35mm colour film, STRATEN, Stefan Paulus

35mm film, analog photography, colour film, double exposure, mountains, multiple exposure, n-fach-belichtung, n-fold exposure, non-photography, superposition

STRATEN

35mm color film, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 2018-2019

Office towers, overhead railway wires and traffic layered in a dense street scene – double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition, 35mm slide film, FfM, Stefan Paulus

35mm film, analog photography, city, double exposure, industry, multiple exposure, n-fach-belichtung, n-fold exposure, non-photography, slide film, superposition

FfM

35mm slide films, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 1998-2002

Snowy hillside with a single walker and trees on the ridge, violet tint – double exposure, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition, 35mm colour film, KKSUS -23°C, Stefan Paulus

35mm film, analog photography, colour film, double exposure, mountains, multiple exposure, n-fold exposure, superposition

KKSUS -23°C

35mm color film, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 2020

ASSEMBLAGES

dérive, desolate, remote, saar hunsrück, urbex

Zone of Atrophy

slide film, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus, 2006–2014

Endzeit

Setzt die Segel auf Euren Särgen!

„unsere einfach wunderbare insel der ausbeutenden oberasse wird eines tages ertrinken aus keineswegs unbekannten gründen“. „Der Raum, in dem wir leben, durch den wir aus uns herausgezogen werden, in dem sich die Erosion unseres Lebens, unserer Zeit und unserer...

Materialism of Encounter

I found a unknown and used slide film in a street in Hamburg, Germany (North) and did a double exposure during a drift acorss the Harz country side in Germany (East). And this is what it become: An aleatory materialism – a materialism of encounter. „Every encounter is...

Cover art for Ultrablack of Music II (Mille Plateaux, 2020), Stefan Paulus

Cover art: Ultrablack of Music II

Cover art for the compilation «Ultrablack of Music II» (Mille Plateaux, MP10, 2020), featuring a track by Stefan Paulus. Discogs

Rolf Dieter Brinkmann

„Ein gelbschmutziger Himmel über mir“ – Rolf Dieter Brinkmann und Landschaften mit Müll

Rolf Dieter Brinkmann (1940–1975) hat Städte als Rest- und Müllandschaften wahrgenommen und diese Wahrnehmung in Gedichten, Fotos, Tonband- und Filmaufnahmen festgehalten, etwa in «Westwärts 1 & 2» (1975) und «Rom, Blicke» (1979). Die Auszüge folgen seinem Blick auf den...

jürgen ploog

„…weil Erinnerung ein Raum ohne Landkarte ist…“ – Jürgen Ploog

Jürgen Ploog, Langstreckenpilot, CUT-UP Schriftsteller. Er schreibt Geschichten über die Straßen des Zufalls, über Ortswechsel oder das verschobene Zeitkontinuum, um „den Raum hinter den Worten“ zu erkunden. Immer wieder Episoden über Traumsequenzen, Rückblicke...

Brion Gysin, dreams, Ian Sommervill, William S. Burroughs

Material of Dreams

Photomontages, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Stefan Paulus

brainwaves, eb.er, Fragment Factory, GX Jupitter-Larsen, lanz, Michael Münnich, noise, non-musik, organloser körper, psychogeographie, rudolf eber, schimpffluch gruppe, stefan paulus, sudden infant, wellenfeld

Wellenfeld. Konzert für Gehirnwellen

Die Gehirne von Rudolf Eb.er, Joke Lanz, GX Jupitter-Larsen und Mike Dando sind mittels eines Radioelektroenzephalografen (EEG) resp. Gehirnwellentransmitters an eine Beschallungsanlage angeschlossen. Die elektrischen Impulse der Gehirne erzeugen Signale die in einen...

dérive, psychogeographie, psychogeography, stefan paulus

DÉRIVE IM VERGESSENEN STADTTEIL

District 10, der vergessene Stadtteil im Südosten von San Francisco, liegt zwischen den Freeways 280, 101 und Hunters Point. Schrottplätze, Schlachthöfe, Lagerhäuser sind hier angesiedelt. Gerbereien und Klebstofffabriken haben die Bay als Müllkippe benutzt. Der District 10 ist...

Cover art for SAITO – Downfall (Force Inc. / Mille Plateaux, 2020), Stefan Paulus

Cover art: SAITO – Downfall

Cover art for SAITO, «Downfall» (Force Inc. / Mille Plateaux, 2020) – the first album by Lena Saito (Galcid), produced by Hisashi Saito. Bandcamp