Charlie Infrared Portrait New Jersey – Surreal Aerochrome False Color Meditative | Ryan Struck World & Color Series
Titled "charlie," this intimate Aerochrome infrared portrait from Ryan Struck's "World & Color" series captures the photographer's cousin Charlie in a serene, eyes-closed meditative pose in New Jersey, shot on rare, discontinued Kodak Aerochrome reversal film. The film's unpredictable false-color effects render the background foliage or surroundings in vivid electric magenta, hot pink, and crimson bursts—unveiling near-infrared light (700–900 nm) beyond human vision—while skin tones, hair, and clothing shift into ethereal purple-pink hues, creating a psychedelic, dreamlike introspection that blurs human presence with altered natural elements. The close-up medium-format composition emphasizes quiet vulnerability, emotional depth, and surreal tranquility. Part of the series exploring personal connections and global travels with scarce military-origin stock, this image connects to neuroaesthetics explorations of anomalous color's impact on facial perception, meditative states, and aesthetic calm; visual neuroscience on false-color emotional processing and altered consciousness; consciousness/psychedelic thinkers viewing it as a metaphor for inner expanded awareness; and creative directors/art directors seeking evocative, conceptual portraiture for high-end editorial, wellness, personal branding, lifestyle, or experimental campaigns. A rare, museum-caliber work bridging intimate family portraiture, perception science, and surreal revelation.