Ashvini Ray
Ashvini Ray was born in Sydney, Australia in 1990 and completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture, Performance and Installation at Sydney University in 2011. She has created a number of photographic series including The Untitled Series 2010, Amorphous 2011, Ordered Disorder 2013 and Embryology 2014. She now lives and works in Berlin in Germany.
This image is of the centre of a person’s palm. It captures the base and lower part of the digits of several of their fingers and their thumb. I find that the most interesting part of this image is the pattern and texture of the skin that is captured. The skin is completely covered with swirled finger print lines and then on top of this there are criss-crossed lines created from the folding of the skin. Also the way the palm is being held with the thumb slightly raised allows the light to create high-lit and shaded areas that help accentuate the 3D quality of the image.
This is a close up of the skin around the collar bone just under the chin. The image captures the elastic texture of the skin as it is stretches over the collar bones of the chest. This gives the skin a smooth silky texture and feel and the visible veins traveling up through the neck to the head makes the skin feel alive and healthy. The excellent use of lighting used to create the high-lit and shaded areas add depth and mood to the image leaving you with the impression that you could feel the smoothness of the skin if you stretched out your hand towards it.
This image looks as though it is a close up of the centre of the back of a hand. The skin has a number of large veins under the skin creating lines across it where the skin is slightly raised. Also across the centre of the image a line from the central bone running towards the middle finger can be seen. The hand is probably from a slightly older person as the skin is not that tight and is covered in small lines which create small triangle shapes over much of the skin.
The folded texture of the skin on this body part which I think is the sole of a foot creates interest in this image. Also the difficulty in identifying the body part also adds mystery to it. The undulating appearance of the skin creating a rippling effect across the entire length of the skin shown and makes a wave like effect on the skin. Also the large swirls of fingerprint patterns that cover the skin on the base of the foot make the image more realistic and alive and make it more personal and individual. These patterns draw attention to the fact that this is a natural material that is living.