"Immortal No.12" out of "Immortals"series - Limited Edition of 21 Photograph

From the series “Immortals” The visual inspiration and a reference is the theme of a “Baby Jesus Sleeping” developed in iconography during the 17th century. The counterpoint between the beginning and the end of life was then bound together with the theme of Vanitas. The sleep of the infant Jesus symbolized the sleep of death and prefigured his future death and martyrdom. My approach is a reference to both a future death as well as a state of unconsciousness of mortality issues at the early years of a childhood. Their sleep is a symbol of their unawareness. I was photographing toddlers at the age when they start to understand what life is about, yet still feeling immortal thanks to the comfortable unfamiliarity with death and the unconsciousness of mortal matters- I find this phenomenon fascinating. The closing picture of a series, “Immortal No.12” was shot in London in winter 2018. My work is about Life and Death. What is always behind the image is a thought. Thoughts behind my photographs are my fascinations, fears and concerns related to existence and its ending. I am interested in Memento mori theme in visual art. Thinking of time and its destructive powers is what drives my practice and shapes my ideas. I explore the notions of “never”, “forever” and “always”. Those matters are complicated and beyond our full understanding. I barely know any answers myself. I know some- the older I get the more I know I used to think. Paradoxically, the older I get the more I question things. I feel more comfortable asking questions rather than giving answers when photographing. TECHNIQUE: The series was shot on a medium format film camera Mamiya RZ67 using Fujifilm 400h Pro 120 medium format negatives. The scanned negative was transformed into a digital image and printed on giclée printer using Hahnemühle Pearl in one of the very best London printing houses.

Photography:Ink on Paper

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:21

Size:30.6 W x 24.4 H x 0.5 D in

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