Jaron James
A photographic print of a Roman marble head of Helios, cyan, 2022
Digital print on giclée lustre paper
Unframed
Unframed
50 x 70 cm
Edition of 100
£ 600.00
Dating to Imperial Rome, circa 2nd century AD, the sun-god is depicted in a type inspired by Alexander the Great with a commanding brow line and wavy hair. The god...
Dating to Imperial Rome, circa 2nd century AD, the sun-god is depicted in a type inspired by Alexander the Great with a commanding brow line and wavy hair. The god was originally carved wearing a radiate crown representing the rays of the sun.
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We are delighted to be collaborating with photographer Jaron James on this project. Having worked together for many years photographing beautiful and captivating objects, the idea for this exhibition arose from Jaron’s pleasure in shooting select parts of objects, the details.Jaron James (b.1975) graduated in Documentary Photography in 2000 from Newport University, South Wales. Since then Jaron has photographed for The Science Museum, and worked at the Victoria & Albert Museum for five years.
Now freelancing, Jaron works with a strong client base which includes The National Trust, English Heritage, Leighton House, Art UK, The Powell Cotton Museum and various important Fine Art and Ancient Art dealers.