One of Kirigami’s earliest photographic studies, created alone in the studio with Kitsune. In this session the visual research moves away from hard chiaroscuro and explores softer, lower-contrast light, keeping the model luminous and clearly legible even in the most intense passages.
The sequence tells a moment of capture: the white shirt becomes part of the restraint, the body moves from the floor through inversions into suspension, while the ropes build an increasingly intense semenawa progression. The softer light does not reduce the tension; it makes it feel closer, more physical and immediate.
Ropes and photography: Federico Kirigami