Michael Steinpichler De Souligny Photography

Michael Steinpichler De Souligny (Mike Stein De Soul) makes purely photographic images with slow shutter, double exposure and masking in an ongoing series, begun in 2018, about the phenomenology of spirituality. It was entered in Playbook's 2025 Photo Competition, “Hidden in Plain Sight.”

Michael Steinpichler De Souligny Photography
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This is a series from 2018-ongoing that explores the phenomenology of spirituality through the ontological perspective of photography. Every image here is purely photographic, with slow shutter, double exposure and masking. These images are a mix of found and staged moments, inspired by the rising influence of transcendental experiences in culture, by way of meditation, yoga, near death experiences, psychedelics, eastern philosophy, quantum mechanics. We are crossing the threshold collectively.

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