Luke Kuisis, Photographer, Cape Town

Description

This striking monochrome photograph by Luke Kuisis captures a detailed figurative statue positioned between two massive stone architectural columns. The metallic or light-toned statue depicts a woman holding an infant, rendered with dramatic high-contrast lighting that creates deep shadows and stark highlights across the cascading drapery of the garments. The textured stone structure frames the central subject tightly, emphasizing vertical lines and classical forms. The natural directional light illuminates specific contours of the sculpture while leaving the flanking masonry in relative shadow, enhancing the sense of depth and solemnity in the composition.

Style

Vertical, Cinematic, Monochrome

Techniques

Analogue / film, Low-key / chiaroscuro

Color

Background

Civic Building

Context

Fine Art / Personal Project