Projection Photography 'Special Effects' With Transparencies. As there is growing interest in useing film, I believe those wishing to create such special effects will be fascinated by what I was doing in the early 1960's whilst using Kodachrome. Most of the possibilities available digitally are also possible with film. My invented technique, was a unique form of 'Painting with Light' where the images were blended and manipulated with crystals, reflections, textures, and coloured filters. The projected images were not always projected onto a screen, and the chosen screen often became the subject of the picture; for example I have photographed projected images; on a feather, a flower, a shell, a leaf, a butterfly wing, and even on to the edges of the pages of a book. Images can be blended too, by using more than one projector. One part of my own website 'Special Effects - The Magic Lantern' explains exactly how my award winning photographs were created without computers, or any darkroom chemistry! My most famous picture was 'Spirit of Spring' - this was the first ever picture taken on Kodachrome, that included both a negative of a tulip, and a positive image of a girl's portrait, all on the same emulsion! https://www.jncohen.net/photmagi/artic8.htm #projectionphotography #specialeffects #Kodachrome #photography #paintingwithlight #film #portraits #johnnevillecohen #analoguephotography #Sensual #Conceptual #Surreal #Dramatic #Fantasy #Expressionist #artisticphotography

1. A Unique Historical Kodachrome Transparency
Created by a My Own Special Effects Technique
Spirit of Spring
I currently live in Switzerland, and I wonder if you will consider including a reference about
my photography, created in the early 1960’s. My own invented technique enabled the
creation of a Kodachrome Transparency that had both a portrait and a negative image of a
tulip, on the same emulsion. At that time my photographs were described as ground-
breaking!
Pure Photography Using Light and Film
Since there is growing interest in photography with film these days, I believe that my special
effects techniques, will now prove to be of more interest, as most of the possibilities available
digitally were also possible with film.
Projection photography was my form of 'Painting with Light' where the images were blended,
masked, and manipulated with crystals, reflections, textures, and coloured filters.
The projected images were not always projected onto a screen, and the chosen screen often
became the subject of the picture; for example, I have photographed projected images; on a
feather, a flower, a shell, a leaf, a butterfly wing, and even on to the edges of the pages of a
book. Images (both transparencies and negatives) can be blended too, by using more than
one projector.
One part of my own website 'Special Effects - The Magic Lantern' - explains exactly how
my International award-winning photographs were created, these led to over twenty one-man
exhibitions (many organised by Kodak).
‘Spirit of Spring’ - was the first ever picture taken on Kodachrome, that included both a

2. negative, and a positive image, all on the same emulsion! See how it was created
https://www.jncohen.net/photmagi/artic8.htm
There are also many more award-winning special effect photographs on my website.
All this should have some historical value.
Please do have a look at: -
The introduction to ‘The Magic Lantern’ by Sir George Pollock, (a past president of the
Royal Photographic Society):
Press Reviews and a list of my One-Man Exhibitions:
The Contents page of the various techniques explained:
https://www.jncohen.net