Chiaroscuro

Caravaggio’s painting’s were never straight forward , his method of portraying the religious Mise en scene was revolutionary in its day . Out of the darkness he freezes time, his subjects as if a movie still , that continues to flicker in the dim light. There is a common theme that runs through these projects for us whether it be the Rockers or Natives imagery and again here with Caravaggio that we employ the same techniques of street casting and photograph the essential “Soul” of our subject . It was suggested that Avedon could read thoughts with his images and Diane Arbus went one step further in saying she could see the “suicide “ moment that was to prevail in one’s life , we hope that we can also reach a certain level of intimacy with our work.