In Light of Shadows


Photography & Art Direction: November Wong
Model: anonymous


The works presented here are the result of a profound revelation, born from an unflinching confrontation with the darker aspects of the human psyche. These pieces offer a window into the inner struggles that are exacerbated by our daily experiences. Emotions, as we know, are neutral byproducts of our environment, yet many of them are unfairly labeled as negative or undesirable. The aim of this series is to express those feelings in a way that invites viewers to question their perceptions and perhaps even find beauty and hope within the darkness.

Two dancers, who had never before met, were asked to engage in a contact improvisation and imagine themselves as a single, inseparable frequency. The resulting images were printed on fine art paper and hand-tinted with pastels using only the artists' fingers. The final result is a stunning visual exploration of the interplay between light and dark, self and other, and the fluid nature of human emotion






Numbed
Pastel on paper, 40.5 x 27.5cm


Light
Pastel on paper, 40.5 x 27.5 cm

Melted
Pastel on paper, 40.5 x 27.5 cm
Pushed
Pastel on paper, 40.5 x 27.5 cm

Followed
Pastel on paper, 40.5 x 27.5cm

Fragmented
Pastel on paper, 40.5 x 27.5cm

Fogged
Pastel on paper, 40.5 x 27.5cm
Attached
Pastel on paper, 40.5 x 27.5cm
Ignited
Pastel on paper, 40.5 x 27.5cm

Transformed
Pastel on paper, 40.5 x 27.5cm


Attached
Pastel on paper, 40.5 x 27.5cm


Withdrawed
Pastel on paper, 40.5 x 27.5cm
Lifted
Pastel on paper, 40.5 x 27.5cm