Jorōgumo

• Photographer
  Ivette Salgado
• Technical Info
  Digital image, black and white, 900x1532 px
• Photo Date
  June 28, 2023

Seduction can be as beautiful as it is dangerous. In Japanese mythology, the Jorōgumo is a yōkai that embodies this contrast: a beautiful woman who is actually a spider, capable of mesmerizing men with her charm before ensnaring them in her web. This image captures that duality between the alluring and the deadly, the sensual and the sinister.