Sculpted by the elements, the monumental forms of Deities rise from the desert like ancient gods. Silent and watchful, they inhabit the landscape as guardians of a forgotten world. Photographed in black and white, the series explores the desert as a portal — a liminal space where the material world falls away.
"As the desert offers no tangible riches, as there is nothing to see or hear in the desert, one is compelled to acknowledge, since the inner life, far from falling asleep, is fortified, that man is first animated by invisible solicitations. Man is ruled by Spirit. In the desert I am worth what my divinities are worth."
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Letter to a Hostage
With Deities, Wingfield invites us to step beyond the visible and into a landscape of contemplation.
The photographs are available as limited edition archival pigment prints on Hahnemühle William Turner paper.
For exhibition enquiries, print sales or further information, please contact studio@catherinewingfield.photography