Shooting While Sleepwalking
My partner has gone stumbling-while-slumbering in every place we’ve lived. He doesn’t remember a second of it, so I dreamed up a way to show him just how spooky it really is.
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Photos by Jovelle Tamayo
My partner, Ramon, sleepwalks. He’s wandered barefoot through the halls of my college apartment building, stood in the shower – half-undressed – to “get ready,” and eerily swayed in the darkness of our bedroom. After almost six years of troubleshooting, I’ve learned to expect a sleepwalking or sleep-talking episode from him when I hear a loud, funny chewing noise. Once I learned to anticipate this phenomenon, I kept my camera – whether it was my dSLR or my phone – ready by my side to show Ramon what he was up to.
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