Black-and-white close-up of a woman's shoulder and back, crossed by a loose dark strand of hair against softly focused skin.
Black-and-white close-up of a woman's shoulder and back, crossed by a loose dark strand of hair against softly focused skin. Black frame.
Black-and-white close-up of a woman's shoulder and back, crossed by a loose dark strand of hair against softly focused skin.
Black-and-white close-up of a woman's shoulder and back, crossed by a loose dark strand of hair against softly focused skin. Black frame.

La Petite Mort #0031

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A single strand of dark hair becomes the sharpest gesture in the photograph.

It falls across a pale shoulder and back while much of the surrounding body dissolves into soft focus. That small interruption carries surprising weight. The eye moves from hair to skin and then into areas where detail disappears altogether.

I like the imbalance between something so slight and the amount of space around it. La Petite Mort #0031 is not really about describing a body. It is about noticing one fleeting conjunction of line, texture and light within it.

Artwork Information

Artist: Paul Foley
Collection: The Human Form — La Petite Mort
Title: La Petite Mort
Artwork: #0031
Subject: Female human form; shoulder, back and hair
Medium: Black-and-white photography

Process: Full Frame Digital Photography
Format: Horizontal
Genre: Fine-art figure photography; abstraction
Themes: Human form, hair, line, intimacy, softness, 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

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A single strand of dark hair becomes the sharpest gesture in the photograph.

It falls across a pale shoulder and back while much of the surrounding body dissolves into soft focus. That small interruption carries surprising weight. The eye moves from hair to skin and then into areas where detail disappears altogether.

I like the imbalance between something so slight and the amount of space around it. La Petite Mort #0031 is not really about describing a body. It is about noticing one fleeting conjunction of line, texture and light within it.

Artwork Information

Artist: Paul Foley
Collection: The Human Form — La Petite Mort
Title: La Petite Mort
Artwork: #0031
Subject: Female human form; shoulder, back and hair
Medium: Black-and-white photography

Process: Full Frame Digital Photography
Format: Horizontal
Genre: Fine-art figure photography; abstraction
Themes: Human form, hair, line, intimacy, softness, 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