This compelling underwater nude photography print showcases the brilliant structural intuition and raw psychological depth of contemporary Colombian photographer Mauricio Vélez within his highly celebrated Half Angels Half Demons collection. Shifting between body landscape and dreamlike documentation, structured around a dramatic underwater studio setup, balancing a single female nude floating in a dynamic fetal and suspended flight pose under sharp overhead lighting beams. The light makes the skin tones glow intensely against a dense, textured matrix of crystalline air bubbles rising to the surface over a solid continuous deep blue backdrop field.
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.
Acquire this archival pigment print of an original underwater nude photograph by Mauricio Vélez and enrich your private art collection.
Underwater Nude Photography - Half Angels Half Demons 5, 2004. By Mauricio Velez
Half Angels Half Demons #5, 2004
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.


