Close Range Essay No. 04 — Skin

Close Range · Essay No. 04

Six photographs of a body,

read one at a time.

Scroll slowly.

Ch. 01 — silver worn like armour

Ornament

Ch. 02 — a hand comes to rest

Repose

Ch. 03 — freckles, pores, light

Surface

Ch. 04 — the eye looks back

Gaze

Ch. 05 — plum, half open

Mouth

Ch. 06 — water on the shoulder

Rain

fin

Close

Hands stacked with silver rings covering a face
A hand resting on a bare shoulder, eyes lowered
Macro of a freckled face in soft light
Close-up of an eye with drawn black liner
Lips in glossy plum, teeth just visible
Water beading on a wet shoulder and neck