Oleg Savca
Whispers Silhouette, 2023
Edition of 8 + 2 AP
Photography, Semi-Glossy Digital Prints, Framed, 50cmx70cm
Artist Book, Self-Published, A4 Size, Perfect Bound, 32 Pages
This work was created to show the beauty and grace of the female body through photos that emphasise the silhouette. I was inspired by the statues of ancient Greece, which epitomised the ideal of human proportion. As a male photographer, I am aware of the line I am treading in this work, in the context of contemporary discourse surrounding male gaze and objectification of the female body. Still, when working with women on commissioned or personal projects, I listen to what they want to express, externalise, and reflect in portraits that do not shy away from celebration of their bodies and their ideas of beauty.
Rather than overtly displaying their sexuality, in this work, I focus on the timeless and abstract, where through the representation of the body I aim to simultaneously express models’ energy and the timeless, ancient cannons of beauty. Shifts of movement, and colour, with the layer of water drops, distract the gaze from the model, as well as symbolising the passing of time, emotions, and the elemental dimension of the body which emphasises this connection.
