The Silence Between Root and Stone

Mist still clings to the crumbling gate when the first breath of dawn slides between trees, lighting the spung’s vast roots like slow-moving water turned to wood. Stone and bark share one pulse; silence settles over their entwined bodies as though the jungle itself were praying.

Standing alone in that pale hush, Lucas Varro felt the temple inhale his presence, then exhale memory back through dripping leaves. Each droplet, each moss-soft contour became a syllable in an unspoken mantra the camera was called to receive.

Medium-format black-and-white film opened for the length of a whispered prayer, letting shadow unfold its depths. Weeks later, under darkroom glow, chiaroscuro revealed the subtle topography of moist stone. Gold hand-toning lent warmth to the midtones, creating a print that seems to breathe when light falls across it.

Strictly limited to twenty-five prints with two artist’s proofs, each 8 × 8 inch impression is signed on the border recto and born on sustainable Hahnemühle Bamboo paper—its gentle fibres echoing the living grain of root and wall.
Welcome this stillness; let it gather its hush in the quiet heart of your space.

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