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"Chiaroscuro"

"Chiaroscuro"

A series in fourteen photographs.

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In art, chiaroscuro is the use of strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition. It is also a technical term used by artists and art historians for the use of contrasts of light to achieve a sense of volume in modeling three-dimensional objects and figures. (Wikipedia)

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