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Photography isn’t always about capturing the whole picture.
Sometimes, its power lies in the details it can conjure from the
larger perspective. This new series by Pasha, entitled Julia, and
featuring a new, stunning, lush model from Italy, is abundant evidence
of the power of the close-up image, taking us, as it does, deeper
into the spirit and physicality of the subject.
In a structural and technical sense, successful close-ups are largely
about lighting. Going in tight on the model requires not only a
different light – different in angle, brightness, and timber
– but it requires light to accentuate a surface which, lacking
the features one gets from a farther shot, can become bland and
homogeneous. As always, the goal is diversity, and lighting is used
to give the close-up shot dramatic power, which creates diversity
of texture.
Fortunately for our viewing desires, Pasha is a renowned master
at such techniques. And, fortunately for him, he has at his disposal
for this particular shoot the incredible model, Julia, recently
from Italy. Pasha uses her abundant and sensual features to create
close-ups in a furtive light scheme that thrill the senses to their
foundation.
In some of the shots, the chosen area of study is the face. The
wide almond colored and shaped eyes; the high accentuated colorful
cheekbones; the extravagant and wild-woman hair; and the lips, full
and red and ripe as fresh baby pomegranates. Julia’s face
is delved into by Pasha in a way that almost seems addictively obsessive,
but the results are pure pleasure.
Sometimes Pasha will take a wider shot (for instance of the head,
torso, and pelvic area), but using light and costume, he’ll
give us entrance to only parts of these areas (such as the lower
face, one breast, and the pubic ridge). The sensation here is one
of enjoying the subject in a way that is both fantastical and realistic.
In other words, you savor the view as it might appear in your dreams,
and you also savor it as it might appear were you actually with
the woman, moving with her in variants of light, removing parts
of her wardrobe, playing with her, as it were.
And that is the power of Pasha, to bring us to a place that seems
both incredibly familiar and surprisingly idealized. Just a look
at the sample photos here can show you what he’s done with
Julia. And what, may we ask, would you do with Julia?
Join Met-Art to see this remarkable series.
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