Unión 5 employs pastoral nude photography to position human figure alongside grazing animals within mountain ecosystem—body becoming one species among others rather than exceptional subject. Rey dissolves anthropocentric hierarchy through compositional equality: cattle, rocks, grass, and naked human coexist without dominance. The work suggests union as ecological participation, where vulnerability of exposed flesh acknowledges dependence on natural environment.
Unión landscape Photography captivates with its intricate interplay of light and shadow, embodying the essence of nature's tranquility.
Pastoral nude photography positioning human as ecosystem participant—body alongside animals in mountain grazing landscape. Unión 5 by Javier Rey. Available at The Art Design Project, Miami Beach.
Pastoral Nude Photography – Unión 5, by Javier Rey
Unión 5, 2014
From The Series Unión
Archival Pigment Print, Color Edition
Limited Edition.
Unframed
Javier Rey is a Colombian artist and photographer. His work has been shown in many collective exhibitions, solo exhibitions, and several international art fairs such as ArtLima (Peru), Scope Art Fair (Miami), and La Feria Del Millón (Colombia). Rey's work has also appeared in books such as "Unlocked", by the Greek collective Atopos, and was chosen as one of the 145 most relevant visual artists and photographers on the web in 2015. His work have been featured in several publications in Colombia, the USA, Mexico, Germany, Spain, Denmark, and other countries.
