Apples: View From Eden - Limited Edition 3 of 5 Photograph

"Apples: View From Eden" Woman holding the forbidden fruit as binoculars. Limited Edition, Absolute Series of 5. Listed is a 13x19 archival pigment print matted to 18x24 with archival conservation materials in a gallery frame. Print is signed and numbered. Certificate of Authorization available upon request. Inquire for custom orders regarding size, print medium, and pricing. The Apples Series consists of Still Life–meets–Fine Art Nude juxtaposition, featuring the forbidden fruit (with all its societal overtones) and the allure of the female form for which it often serves as metaphor. With the apple representing temptation and the duplicity of both female susceptibility and female seduction in various mythologies, this offers fertile ground for a dialogue about sexual imagery of women that I’ve attempted to make playful and thoughtful. The paradox of sexual power and objectification runs throughout this work. Each shot has a different statement. Some lean more toward beauty. Some arousal. Some confrontation. The apple has been a potent symbol in Western Art as long as the latter has existed. This is well-travelled ground, and any extensive survey of art will encounter this metaphor. Much of my formal art studies were focused on the relationships between Renaissance art and the development of Western Music. I went back to those studies while considering this series, though I was not stylistically recreating that period. Certainly, Raphael’s The Three Graces was an inspiration, as was, to a lesser extent, Titian’s Worship of Venus. To include something fresh, I chose to add digitally inserted text and/or symbols to some of the pieces. Of course, this directly manipulates the experience for the viewer, and I’m interested to see what the reactions to that will be. Apples remains a work-in-progress. A preview of the series appears in SilverShotz International Magazine of Contemporary Photography, Artist Interview on Apples Series, Volume 9, Experience 6, April-May 2015. ISSN: 1836-3105 Apples, the Book, is coming in Summer 2017.