Afroditi T | Timmothy Lee | BEAUX Magazine | 'Red Grus Posion'
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Timmothy Lee has given quite a lot of thought to his photographic process. In an interview for Nu-Mode Magazine, Lee referenced Richard Avedon, saying:
I’ve worked out of a series of no’s. No to exquisite light, no to apparent compositions, no to the seduction of poses or narrative. And all these no’s force me to the “yes.” I have a white background. I have the person I’m interested in and the thing that happens between us.”
What I personally like about ‘Red Grus Posion’, created for BEAUX Magazine is that although she is drenched in female cultural symbolism, Afroditi T is not sullied.
When I wrote about my dream, the one triggered by Joe Wehner’s video that I struggled to watch, this was very much the visual imagery of my unconscious. Even more vivid, with the blood running down my arms as I clung to the walls of stairway, ardulously climbing each step out of the church and into the light, my dream images were more violent than these.
I like Afroditi T not being covered in dirt or a charcoal grain, as some photographers do and find myself thinking lately about photographers who dirty their women as part of their style, rather than for a specific editorial purpose. An example of what I’m referencing is the differences between Karl Lagerfeld and Iris Brosch in their editorials honoring Frida Kahlo. Anne
