For once in this collection, part of a face becomes central to the photograph.
The eyes are closed and the face is turned into the light. Focus is deliberately soft; eyelashes, nose and lips are present without becoming sharply descriptive, while the foreground dissolves into a pale shape.
The photograph carries a sense of inwardness, but I would leave its precise emotion unresolved. Within La Petite Mort, it matters that sensuality is not being observed from a distance. The series emerged alongside Summer May's words about female sexuality belonging first to the woman herself. The photograph can remain intimate without having to explain that intimacy.
Artist: Paul Foley
Collection: The Human Form — La Petite Mort
Title: La Petite Mort
Artwork: #0090
Subject: Woman with eyes closed
Medium: Black-and-white photography
Process: Full Frame Digital Photography
Format: Horizontal
Genre: Fine-art figure photography; intimate portrait
Themes: Intimacy, sexuality, inwardness, softness, human presence
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
For once in this collection, part of a face becomes central to the photograph.
The eyes are closed and the face is turned into the light. Focus is deliberately soft; eyelashes, nose and lips are present without becoming sharply descriptive, while the foreground dissolves into a pale shape.
The photograph carries a sense of inwardness, but I would leave its precise emotion unresolved. Within La Petite Mort, it matters that sensuality is not being observed from a distance. The series emerged alongside Summer May's words about female sexuality belonging first to the woman herself. The photograph can remain intimate without having to explain that intimacy.
Artist: Paul Foley
Collection: The Human Form — La Petite Mort
Title: La Petite Mort
Artwork: #0090
Subject: Woman with eyes closed
Medium: Black-and-white photography
Process: Full Frame Digital Photography
Format: Horizontal
Genre: Fine-art figure photography; intimate portrait
Themes: Intimacy, sexuality, inwardness, softness, human presence
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
