Bad Dreams No.15 – Ecce Ancilla – is a black-and-white portrait built around stillness and directness. The subject faces the viewer with an almost ceremonial calm: a quiet interior, a centered pose, and a gaze that holds without provocation. The image feels stripped of noise, leaving only presence, contrast, and the weight of a moment that refuses to explain itself.
The title echoes the language of devotion and surrender, yet the work treats these ideas with ambiguity rather than narrative. What reads first as a costume becomes a compositional anchor—an architectural frame for the face—while the body is rendered with precise tonal control, soft gradients, and clear separation from the surrounding space.
As part of the Bad Dreams series, this piece explores how intimacy can be formal: restrained lighting, disciplined geometry, and a deliberate photographic austerity. The mood is quiet, but not neutral—more like a pause where vulnerability and authority occupy the same breath.
Printed as a limited edition fine art work, it is produced using archival pigment printing on museum-quality paper, with careful attention to detail retention and smooth gradation across midtones and deep blacks. Each print is signed and numbered by the artist and prepared for long-term preservation.
Multiple sizes are available. Production is made to order, and worldwide shipping is available.
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