Elective Affinities

• Photographer
  Salvatore Montemagno
• Photo Date
  2024

"Elective Affinities" is a photographic narrative that traverses interior and relational space. Two female figures move like reflections, projections, desires, and rejections. Between symbolic objects—apples, masks, mirrors—and environments suspended in time, a silent dialogue unfolds, evoking metaphysical painting, the theater of identity, and the tension between appearance and existence. The series thrives on formal balance, pictorial light, and restrained emotional tension, leaving the viewer free to decipher the nature of the bond between the two presences.