Relying on high-contrast subaquatic lighting management, raw physical performance, and an intensive color-block background to map out an atmospheric environment, the artwork masterfully tracks a complex rhythm of organic harmony and spatial gravity. The vertical orientation anchors a powerful flat perspective across the single setup, using a vibrant glowing blue gradient field to turn an ascendant female silhouette and a dense column of rising air bubbles into an elegant topographic scenery of pure visual balance and quiet luxury.
The angel is a being that religion has bequeathed us as a sign of purity, innocence, and goodness, from the same source, we have been sold to the devil as the form that represents evil par excellence, and at all times we have used between the duality of what's good and bad. Goodness, evil, naivety, and sin, a diatribe that has ruled humanity for as long as we can think back. This sample, beyond being a judgment, is the gaze of a creator who, after more than 30 years dedicated to portraiture, has managed to know, experience, and interpret many of the facets of the HUMAN feeling.
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Magic Realism Photography - Half Angels Half Demons 4, 2004. By Mauricio Velez
Half Angels Half Demons #4, 2010
From the series Half Angels Half Demons
Archival Pigment Print
Limited Edition.
Unframed
Born and based in Colombia, Mauricio Vélez has been an active photographer for over 30 years. A graduate of the European Institute of Design in Italy, Vélez has developed an extensive body of work across Latin America, the United States, and Spain. His photographs are found in highly prestigious collections at national and international level.
