A Rather Expensive Portrait [attached]

[McMadCow]

Well, by "expensive", I mean that I shot this over a roll of 120 film and what you're seeing is the contact print all put together. So between the price of the roll and the processing, this was an expensive "shot"!
Camera was my old Yashica A 6x6, and the film is Tmax 100.

Comments and critiques are welcome and thanks for looking!

Jason

[Coastal Flyer]

McMad,

Expensive or not, it is a very clever idea. Thanks for sharing.

CF

[GB1]

Madcow - Different. Not totally sure in this situation having the three columns is any better than one, but it is a different twist.

GB

[SmartWombat]

I think the top row is fine, but the others don't have enough difference, apart from the bottom left.

You're in good company, David Hockney did this with polaroids ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hockney

Hockney started with a progression in space through a pair of rooms.
Having just watched a Dr Who episode, I wonder if some time travel would work?
You've taken a series of the same scene.
How about a similar layout but with photos taken with (or without) different clothes?
So it's different times forced into the same space?

[drg]

I like montages like this!

You have successfully avoided making it too symmetrical. I would wonder about making the lathing strip or similar elements in the four right most frames less aligned in future shots of this type?

I feel the changing of the ratio from square to 3:4 with the arrangement adds to the eye catching quality of the picture.

Portraits like this are worth exploring as a series or a theme!

Glad you showed us this!

[jbaldocchi]

It's always good to see experiments. I think your composit works quite well. Any image that stimulates new ideas is good.

Jim B.