The face is pushed to the edge of the composition, leaving a large area of pale space and a blurred shoulder in the foreground.
The open mouth provides the photograph's clearest point of tension. Everything around it is softer: neck, shoulder and skin fall gradually out of focus until the figure becomes almost weightless.
The composition is unusual because so much of what would normally be considered essential information has been removed. The photograph depends instead on a few fragments and the space between them. It is intimate, but also strongly formal—a picture made from a diagonal body, a mouth, soft light and emptiness.
Artist: Paul Foley
Collection: The Human Form — La Petite Mort
Title: La Petite Mort
Artwork: #0111
Subject: Reclining female human form; partial face and shoulder
Medium: Black-and-white photography
Process: Full Frame Digital Photography
Format: Horizontal
Genre: Fine-art figure photography; intimate portrait
Themes: Intimacy, gesture, sexuality, negative space, softness
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 face is pushed to the edge of the composition, leaving a large area of pale space and a blurred shoulder in the foreground.
The open mouth provides the photograph's clearest point of tension. Everything around it is softer: neck, shoulder and skin fall gradually out of focus until the figure becomes almost weightless.
The composition is unusual because so much of what would normally be considered essential information has been removed. The photograph depends instead on a few fragments and the space between them. It is intimate, but also strongly formal—a picture made from a diagonal body, a mouth, soft light and emptiness.
Artist: Paul Foley
Collection: The Human Form — La Petite Mort
Title: La Petite Mort
Artwork: #0111
Subject: Reclining female human form; partial face and shoulder
Medium: Black-and-white photography
Process: Full Frame Digital Photography
Format: Horizontal
Genre: Fine-art figure photography; intimate portrait
Themes: Intimacy, gesture, sexuality, negative space, softness
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
