A diptych is a combination of two images placed immediately next to each other to make an artistic statement or comparison. The photographs can be identical or they can be different; there are no hard and fast rules – they simply have to be next to each other. They do not even have to be joined together and can be separated by a border.

Alex on Pixel Curse

My first obsession with a diptych was way back in 2013 when I first came across Kirstin Mckee on Mortal Muses. She is an amazing photographer and her diptychs are stunning, AND she did a whole year of them! I have played with doing my own diptychs over the years, mostly by chance, meaning - I don’t often take two photos with the idea of putting them side by side. But sometime around the beginning of summer I got the bug to play around with some intention.

My influences were from all over. Social media of course, but also lovely places like Kim Klassen’s site where she shares amazing diptychs, and other amazing layouts on her blog. A few weeks ago she shared another wonderful diptych project by Michelle Mollinga and suddenly I was hooked.

I am not sure where I am going with this little obsession of mine, other than to just say I am going to keep at it as long as my heart desires and see what happens. They will live on their own page, which you can find in the navigation bar up top under projects, called Side by Side.