The florist below my studio had a cooler emergency. He left white calla lilies on the street. I took them.
When I started photographing them I understood something: a calla at full bloom is already beginning its exit. The white is the last brightness before the turn. What I thought was rescue became a series about beauty at the precise moment before decay.
Deep black grounds. Selective focus. The spathe and stem pulled from context, held in light, given back to you as temporary fact.
This edition is priced in three tiers. Early buyers pay less; price rises as the edition sells. It is standard practice for limited editions and it rewards the decision to move first.
Marco Domeniconi was born in Livorno, Italy in 1962. After a classical education, years of wandering, and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Hunter College, a sabbatical put a camera back in his hands and then a brush. He has never held an art degree. He considers that the entire point.
He has exhibited at the XI Florence Biennale, the Hamptons Fine Art Fair, and the Clio Art Fair. He works in photography and in acrylic, latex, and enamel on canvas from Short Hills, New Jersey.