Apsara in the Last Light
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 Weight of Light
In the hush before dawn, light gathers until waiting becomes prayer.
Long exposure teaches surrender — to breathe with time, to let the unseen complete the image.
What remains on film is not possession, but trust made visible.
The Silence Between Temples
Between one breath and the next, the world holds its pulse in silence.
Here, between temples, devotion hums without voice—light becoming memory, memory becoming air.
Step softly into the space where sound has already bowed,
and feel the sacred linger in what remains unspoken.
Hands of the Sculptor — The Craft as Meditation
In the hush of the galleries, the sculptor listens rather than strikes.
Each breath, each measured blow, opens silence a little further.
Unfinished reliefs reveal the moment when mastery becomes meditation—
when patience itself is carved into being,
and the dust that falls at a mason’s feet becomes the residue of prayer.
$250
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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