Asian Spirit

Gesture, ornament and contrasts of scale shape Hervé Lewis’s Asian Spirit collection. Geisha-inspired portraits and compositions such as The Beauty and the Elephant bring the human figure into dialogue with costume, texture and animal presence. Lewis treats these subjects as staged photographic encounters rather than travel documents. A folded limb, an elaborate hairstyle or the meeting of two different forms gives each image its structure. The resulting fine art photographs invite attention to the relationship between physical strength, delicate detail and the space surrounding the body.