Fairies

Inspired by Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase and Irish folklore, this series developed over nearly ten years with around twenty models. Each session began with improvised movement, guided by music chosen either by myself or by the model. Long exposures combined with successive flashes allowed several moments to coexist within a single frame. After each session, the images were extensively reworked by hand, reinforcing colours, shadows and traces of movement. The title Fairies refers to bodies that appear, dissolve and return within the same photograph, suspended between visibility and disappearance.

A blurred female form emerges from darkness through warm brown and red traces of movement.
Several overlapping nude figures appear in red and blue light with arms crossing through the frame.
A moving female figure leaves layered trails of red, green and yellow against a dark background.
A curled body is repeated in blue shadow, with arms forming a circular arc around the figure.
Two overlapping crouched figures face one another in amber and pink light.
Several seated nude figures merge through warm red and gold layers of motion.
Multiple orange figures stretch their arms overhead against a deep red background.
A layered portrait shows hands covering a woman’s face amid golden trails of movement.
A standing nude figure is repeated in purple and pink light, creating the impression of many arms.
Rear view of a moving woman whose body leaves red and violet traces in the darkness.
A woman raises one arm over her head as golden streaks surround her face and torso.
Several female figures overlap in green and orange light during an improvised gesture.
A multiple-exposure portrait shows a woman raising her hands to her head in green and gold light.
A cluster of blurred bodies and faces appears to dissolve into a deep red background.
A vertical female form is repeated in red shadow with hands gathering near her face.
Overlapping bodies stretch horizontally across the frame in dark green and gold light.
Three female forms align and merge in a dark composition of green and amber tones.
A female figure in blue and red light appears with several raised arms through multiple exposure.
A woman’s turning body is traced by repeated red and blue gestures against black.
Three standing nude figures overlap in turquoise and amber light.
A nude woman tilts her head back while a blue-green echo repeats her profile.
A high-key spectral portrait shows a woman lifting her head as blurred hands rise beside her shoulders.
A pale female figure dissolves into a soft haze of cream, pink and green.
A translucent female form is layered in green and red against a pale background.
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