In Photos: Edgy Visual Wonderland with Technical Tricks

Psychedelic Furs, Mirror Moves, 1984

‘First, a machine was placed between the camera and Richard Butler, with the camera seeing just 50% of its subject through a grid of clear squares, and an exposure was made. Next, we moved the chess board the equivalent distance of width of one square. We clocked the shutter on the Hasselblad but did not wind on the film. We then exposed the other half of Richard, which was revealed through the clear squares, but underexposing this exposure which is on the same piece of film by half a stop. The underexposure helps to create the egg box effect’