MOMENTS-MERGE: Sequenced photographs in poetic combinations, from Paul Hadley’s life, presented in a diptych or triptych.

Introducing My Recurring Dream.

My Recurring Dream was chosen for the first collection to be produced/released in the Moments-Merge Series, because of its multiple samples of Paul Hadley’s wide variety of subject matter in his dark & moody, almost tragic - quintessential style.

Paul guides the viewer slowly through his dream, scene by scene, piece by piece.

The centerpiece of his dream is he is on an airplane. The flight is having heavy turbulence and possibly going down. You’re taken with him to where his mind goes - seeing symbols of his expected death and tokens of his hopeful life.

Every piece of work is a one of a kind original - never to be duplicated, a rare unequaled piece for a collector.

Subject matter is vast and offbeat. Moments-Merge imagery is chosen from scenes in Paul’s life, merged-together, creating new storylines, with wide spaces for interpretation.

The blurred-motion look that appears frequently is created live in the camera, during the moment, purposefully shot with the lens set in a soft focus, and often he and or the subjects are in motion.

This style of shooting, which he calls “Ambervision” transforms the contents of the scene, into smoothed shapes with soft buttery colors, lending the feeling of a dream and the look of a painting - a perfect combination for merging moments for storytelling.

When possible, extreme cropping ratios are used, similar to widescreen formats on theater screens. Paul feels that can help the viewer clarify storylines quicker - less noise.

Certain works of Moments-Merge are within a themed series that share one repeated moment - a center symbol, hinting of deja vu or a recurring dream.

Quite often Paul will include a self-portrait moment that’s been chosen from a collection he calls “Turbulence”. He takes self-portraits during commercial flights, then interjects himself inside these new moments, made up from moments from his past.

My Recurring Dream is currently in production.

Paul is looking for gallery representation.

Moments-Merge production details:

Moments-Merge works are all framed and sizes range between 4 and 8 feet.

The full Moments-Merge collection is large, 150+ works, including several collections that will be released in increments over time including Ambervision, Spy Novel, Road Trip and Another Life.

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