The reclining body is only partly given to us. Much of the photograph belongs to darkness, with the figure appearing gradually through changes in tone rather than being fully described.
That withholding is important. A shoulder, torso or curve becomes enough to establish the presence of a person, while the surrounding shadow gives the body room to become less literal. There is stillness here, but not passivity. The photograph depends on the relationship between what the light reveals and what it refuses to explain.
Within Bodyscape, this is one of the pictures in which the human figure comes closest to becoming a landscape of light and shadow.
Artist: Paul Foley
Collection: The Human Form — Bodyscape Series
Title: Recline I
Artwork: #0029
Subject: Reclining female human form
Medium: Black-and-white photography
Process: 35mm Polaroid instant black-and-white film
Format: Horizontal
Genre: Fine-art figure photography; bodyscape
Themes: Human form, stillness, shadow, concealment, abstraction
Edition: Limited edition of 5 prints plus up to 2 Artist Proofs
Print: Archival fine art pigment print on cotton rag paper
Certificate: Signed Certificate of Authenticity
The reclining body is only partly given to us. Much of the photograph belongs to darkness, with the figure appearing gradually through changes in tone rather than being fully described.
That withholding is important. A shoulder, torso or curve becomes enough to establish the presence of a person, while the surrounding shadow gives the body room to become less literal. There is stillness here, but not passivity. The photograph depends on the relationship between what the light reveals and what it refuses to explain.
Within Bodyscape, this is one of the pictures in which the human figure comes closest to becoming a landscape of light and shadow.
Artist: Paul Foley
Collection: The Human Form — Bodyscape Series
Title: Recline I
Artwork: #0029
Subject: Reclining female human form
Medium: Black-and-white photography
Process: 35mm Polaroid instant black-and-white film
Format: Horizontal
Genre: Fine-art figure photography; bodyscape
Themes: Human form, stillness, shadow, concealment, abstraction
Edition: Limited edition of 5 prints plus up to 2 Artist Proofs
Print: Archival fine art pigment print on cotton rag paper
Certificate: Signed Certificate of Authenticity
