I am intrigued by Angelo Musco’s photograph of a feather called Aves. It is made out of hundreds of human bodies. “I call it the ‘Paradox of Lightness’ because there is this strength and power that comes from this community of thousands of interwoven bodies, yet it is a feather,” said Musco. “Ironically it looks effortless and elegant but it is the result of a coordinated and painstakingly long process.” “The image seems so light and effortlessly floating in the air,” he said. “It is a quiet, suspended moment you first see, but as you get closer and go into the piece you find a complex and completely unexpected world.”
I like how he describes the human body feather because there is complexity, strength, and power in feathers that comes from eons of evolution. Yet feathers appear light, elegant, and effortless.