ALEX COVO

Archive treatment

Working archive

Held at scale

These photographs belong to the five real strands. They are contained rather than enlarged until exhibition-resolution masters are available.

A fashion portrait on large-format instant film with a visible white border. I.01 Picture of the Day Rescan requested A couture figure photographed on large-format instant film. I.02 Laurence Xu Haute Couture Rescan requested A fashion figure in a bleached and reclaimed instant-film study. I.03 Sarah Moon Homage Rescan requested A softly rendered figure in a formal gown on instant film. I.04 Debutantes Rescan requested A fashion figure in a gown photographed on a city street. II.01 Street Couture Rescan requested A fashion figure photographed on location in Paris. II.03 Paris Rescan requested A fashion figure in a long gown on a New York street. II.04 Concrete Rescan requested A reclining figure photographed in painterly low light. III.01 Painter Rescan requested A draped fashion figure in an architectural interior. III.02 St. Petersburg Rescan requested A formal profile portrait with a calla lily against darkness. III.03 Calla · Profile Rescan requested A formal portrait with a white calla lily against a black background. III.04 Calla Rescan requested A portrait emerging from black through a narrow field of painted light. IV.03 Candice Rescan requested A figure in a dark fashion portrait lit by a controlled beam of light. IV.04 Night Exposure Rescan requested A ballerina posed in a pale tutu against a textured backdrop. V.01 Ballerina I Rescan requested Two figures meet in a staged movement study. V.02 Pas de deux Rescan requested A couture gown blurred in motion during a fashion study. V.03 Turning Gown Rescan requested