Conceptual nude photograph
In this conceptual nude photograph, a woman sits, legs crossed, wearing ballet slippers. She is on a platform, a border of neutral gray surrounds her on all sides. She gazes almost straight at the viewer, but seems to look through or beyond us. Her expression is pleasant but mildly confrontational. Her arms seem to be at rest, yet both of her hands grasp her calf and foot, as if she is repositioning her leg where it sits atop the other leg.
Her torso is off-center in the design, offset by the angle of her folded legs which approach the opposite edge of the composition. Long brown hair frames the woman’s face. Her arms by her side emphasize the visual strength of her upright posture. Each of her feet touches the opposite leg, one tucked under and the other propped on top.
The color palette of this conceptual nude photograph sets her salmon-hued torso against a icy, blue-gray backdrop. The background is featureless, receding. The backdrop’s compositional importance is to serve as negative space: it has no defining details of its own, the space around the subject emphasizes the contours of her form. A glinting of bright light illuminates the empty quadrant at the upper right.
