THEMIS

A figure stands at the edge of the sea with her back to the world, arms raised wide, a veil of gold mesh stretched between them like wings. Her eyes are bound. The horizon she cannot see is the soft pink-and-teal horizon of an early Adriatic morning. This is Themis — the Greek goddess of divine order, traditionally depicted blindfolded so as to weigh judgement without seeing the parties before her. Here she has been given two things she does not own: the wings of Nike, victory, and the choice of Icarus — to step into the air without sight.

The photograph was made during the pandemic, in a year when the whole world was being asked to stand on a horizon it could not see and trust that there was still ground.

This work is a fine art nude. The dark band shown across the figure on this listing and the erasure of nipples is for online display only and is not present on the print itself. The print is unaltered, with the body as photographed. A full unaltered reference image is available on request before purchase by emailing pr@myempiricallife.com .

Produced as a signed, numbered limited edition giclée print, hand-pulled on Canson Rag Photographique 310 gsm 100% cotton archival paper. Each impression bears a fine border, the artist’s hand signature and a unique number. The edition is strictly limited to fifty across three formats — A2, A1, A0. Once the run is complete, no further prints will be made.