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Sometimes the air itself bows.
That evening, it did. Not in submission, but in reverence. The final light did not fall across her—rather, it unfolded from within her. A sandstone body surrounded by carved flame, yet so still she seemed to breathe silence.
She was not dancing. She was remembering the gesture that once called light from the dark.
I did not capture her. I stood near enough for stillness to welcome me.
Stone receives the flame—
not to hold, but to remind
how the gods once moved.
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The Worm of Salt and Silence rises from the ocean's depths, devouring, transforming, and shaping the land. As a boy enters its jaws, the boundaries of hunger and creation collapse, giving birth to a new world. This myth of death and rebirth unfolds in tides of flame and silence.
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A gate listens where a temple breathes. Smoke clings like a mirror, vows soften like wax, and every prayer falls downward as bread to a mouth carved in stone. Hunger speaks in liturgy and withdraws in hush. You feel the crown’s weight without jewels. You hear it. You carry it.
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Zhou Daguan came to Angkor to observe—but found a kingdom that defied explanation. This introductory scroll welcomes new readers into The Wind That Carried Me to Zhenla: a poetic resurrection of the 13th-century emissary’s journey, revoiced with reverence, wonder, and the hush of temple stone.
Angkor Wat Temple, Angkor, Cambodia — 2021
Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Edition
Strictly limited to 25 prints + 2 Artist’s Proofs
Medium
Hand-toned black-and-white archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Bamboo — a museum-grade fine art paper chosen for its quiet tactility and reverent depth, echoing the spirit of the temples.
Signature & Numbering
Each print is individually signed and numbered by the artist on the border (recto)
Certificate of Authenticity
Accompanies every print
Image Size
9 x 7.2 inches (22.9 x 18.3 cm)
At the hour when fire becomes memory, a figure waits at the gate of Angkor Wat. She does not move, yet all gestures curve around her. Her silence is not still—it breathes.
The sandstone blazed as the sun bowed westward. Each tendril of carved flame flared to life, and the air thickened with reverence. The apsara’s lifted foot, her halo of fire, her curved wrist—all became conduits of a deeper presence. She was not lit. She was luminous.
Lucas Varro stood in quiet alignment with her. The shutter opened like a prayer. Captured on large-format black-and-white film, the image was later shaped in the darkroom and hand-toned in gold to reflect the inner radiance that marked the moment. Classical chiaroscuro gave form to her light.
Printed on museum-grade Hahnemüle Bamboo paper, this 8 × 8 inch archival pigment print is part of a strictly limited edition of 25, with 2 Artist’s Proofs. Each print is signed and hand-toned, a rare vessel of presence and quiet fire.
A gesture held the light—and let it return to us.
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