Robert Farber American, b. 1944
Calilly, Santa Barbara California, 1996
Series: Moods
Archival pigment print
Edition of 25
152.4 x 101.6 cm
60 x 40 in
60 x 40 in
101.6 x 76.2 cm
40 x 30 in
40 x 30 in
Robert Farber is portraying this Calla Lily with the same eye he lays on women’s beauty. Evanescent and shy, he isolates the flower to create a soft contrast of white...
Robert Farber is portraying this Calla Lily with the same eye he lays on women’s beauty. Evanescent and shy, he isolates the flower to create a soft contrast of white and black tonalities.
Throughout the history of photography, the calla lily has been interpreted as a sexual symbol. Suggesting male and female organs depending on the photographer’s approach to it, Farber’s interpretation, with its voluptuous petal and deep swirl, is an ode to femininity.