Infrared Portraits Diptych – Kelly Cox California & Tom Petriken New Jersey | Ryan Struck World & Color Series
Titled "infrared portraits," this diptych Aerochrome infrared photograph from Ryan Struck's "World & Color" series juxtaposes two compelling human subjects: Kelly Cox in California and Tom Petriken in New Jersey, shot on rare, discontinued Kodak Aerochrome reversal film. The film's unpredictable false-color effects render skin tones, clothing, hair, and any surrounding elements (foliage in one or both) in ethereal magenta, hot pink, crimson, cyan-purple, or glowing shifts—revealing near-infrared light (700–900 nm) beyond human vision and creating psychedelic, dreamlike intimacy across contrasting coasts. The medium-format split composition highlights emotional depth, identity, and surreal beauty in everyday people, inviting viewers to compare altered perceptions between California and New Jersey settings. Part of the series exploring global travels and personal encounters with scarce military-origin stock, this image resonates with neuroaesthetics on anomalous color's influence on facial/emotional perception and aesthetic duality; visual neuroscience explorations of false-color portrait processing and altered consciousness; consciousness/psychedelic thinkers finding metaphors for expanded awareness in human diversity; and creative directors/art directors seeking distinctive, conceptual diptych/portrait/editorial photography for high-end lifestyle, cultural, travel, personal branding, or experimental campaigns. A rare, museum-caliber work bridging intimate portraiture, perception science, and surreal revelation.