Standing as a bold and definitive monument of contemporary choreography, this selection represents a major milestone in high-end sepia dance photography by using monochromatic fields to add a multi-layered dimension to physical movement. International creator Ricky Cohete treats the studio lens as an analytical darkroom, collaborating with professional ballet and modern dancers to capture the precise lines of the male form. The composition builds a powerful visual friction, utilizing sharp directional lighting to carve out the muscular back and legs of the performer as he stretches and hovers over a minimalist, endless water backdrop. This calculated visual layout successfully shifts the artwork away from simple documentary records, transforming a physical figurative posture into a profound visual essay on bodily expansion and eternal movement.
Through his exploration of bodily movement, with modern and ballet dancers, and with particular attention to the male physique, the artist has focused on the curves and lines of their anatomy. The expansion of the human body, intertwined with light, and the infinity of movement, like an eternal dance.
Discover this unique sepia-toned dance photograph by Ricky Cohete, available through The Art Design Project platform.
Sepia Dance Photography - Man jumping our of the water One, 2017-2019
Man jumping our of the water, One, 2017-2019
From the series Motion
Sepia Archival Pigment print
Limited Edition.
Unframed
Ricky Cohete was born in a coastal city in Ecuador, but mainly, grew up in Miami. Lately, he has self-published a photography book that included: short poems and sketches titled “Blanco”.





