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Txema Yeste, 1646, 2025.

Txema Yeste Spanish, b. 2/5/1972

1646, 2025.
Archival Pigment Print.
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20 × 24 in / 50 × 60 cm
Edition of 5

30 × 40 in / 76 × 101 cm
Edition of 5

40 x 60 in / 101 x 152 cm
Edition of 3
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Hand-signed by artist, mounted, titled, editioned and print date in ink label affixed to mount verso.
Shot by Txema Yeste, the photograph introduces Athiec Chol on a concrete jetty that drives like an arrow into the sea. The horizon dissolves where layered blues of sky and...
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Shot by Txema Yeste, the photograph introduces Athiec Chol on a concrete jetty that drives like an arrow into the sea. The horizon dissolves where layered blues of sky and water meet, serene yet edged with a low, electric tension. At this intersection of calm and unease, Athiec’s incandescent fuchsia outfit detonates against the cool palette, transforming the landscape into a stage for a single, commanding presence.


The pier reads as pure geometry: rough stone blocks massed on one side, the opposite edge tapering into distance until perspective itself feels physical. Above, soft, veined clouds echo the worn concrete below, bathing the scene in a cinematic, almost unreal glow. Within this stripped environment, color becomes architecture. The saturated pink does not decorate the space; it builds a new one.


Athiec’s pose fuses languor with precision. Tailored shoulders carve a sharp outline, a gloved arm drops in controlled nonchalance, and the crossed legs slice diagonally through the jetty’s rigid lines. Turned toward the horizon yet angled away from the viewer, the body withholds easy intimacy, turning the model into an emblem of contained power. With the face partially obscured, individuality slips into icon, more symbol than portrait.


The image holds a charged stillness, as if time has paused on the cusp of decision. The sea suggests escape, the jetty suggests confinement, and Athiec occupies the precise border between them. It feels like the breath before standing, before walking into the vast blue unknown. Here, fashion becomes armor and declaration, color becomes voice, and the surrounding emptiness expands into a monumental frame for radical self‑possession.

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