Where Stone Still Breathes · Large Collector Edition

Dawn gathers in Bayon’s corridors like water in a stone bowl, cool and unhurried. Two faces emerge from the ancient hush: one brushed by the first silver syllable of morning, the other darkened into near-silhouette. Between them, the centuries seem to pause, as though the temple were listening through its own breath.

At twenty-eight inches square, Where Stone Still Breathes becomes a work of architectural presence. The faces no longer remain merely within the image; they enter the room as presences of stone, shadow, and inward calm. The illuminated face opens with quiet radiance, while the darker profile holds the foreground like a guardian of silence. The print holds the wall not through force, but through gravity, depth, and stillness.

I pressed the shutter only when my breathing seemed to match the temple’s. Medium-format black-and-white film received the moment’s slow cadence; in the darkroom, shadow and glow were drawn into balance until the two faces seemed to hold one another across time. Hand-toning followed, giving each print its own quiet pulse.

Printed on Hahnemühle Bamboo, signed, numbered, and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, this second numbered print from the 28-inch edition is prepared for those who wish to live with Bayon not as an image glimpsed in passing, but as a daily presence: silent, watchful, and enduring.

May it find the room where silence is still honoured.

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Previously titled ‘Face Towers I, Bayon Temple, Angkor, Cambodia.  2018,’ this photograph has been renamed to better reflect its place in the series and its spiritual tone.  The edition, provenance, and authenticity remain unchanged.