double exposure

American  

noun

Photography.

1. the act of exposing the same film, frame, plate, etc., twice.

2. the picture resulting from such exposure.

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double exposure British  

noun

1. the act or process of recording two superimposed images on a photographic medium, usually done intentionally to produce a special effect

2. the photograph resulting from such an act

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Etymology

Origin of double exposure

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

"For Europe it's double exposure: exposure to what America might do and then what China will do in response."

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2025

The double exposure trend is one that has made its way around the world several times by now, but in New York, it remains a piece of the Black and immigrant aesthetic.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2022

He used double exposure — a novel technique for Hollywood movies — to simulate Kelly dancing with a ghostlike figure of himself on a lonely street block.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2019

The spiritualist objects in the exhibition cast back to the idea of collage, too, since early photographers might use layering techniques, such as double exposure, to create the ghostly effects in their spirit images.

From The Guardian • Mar. 22, 2018

Very few things in the development of motion picture art have advanced so noticeably as this trick of portraying dual characters on the screen by means of double exposure of the film.

From Writing the Photoplay by Esenwein, J. Berg (Joseph Berg)