Paul Cupido's 'Umi' at Paris Photo 2021

At Paris Photo 2021, held at the Grand Palais éphémère from November 11-14, the gallery Bildhalle (Zurich) presented a print by Dutch photographer Paul Cupido titled 'Umi' (2019). The work, an archival pigment print on photo rag (45 x 30 cm), depicts a shadowy red female figure dissolving into a nocturnal landscape. Cupido, born in 1972 in the Netherlands, pursues a photographic research imbued with poetic and fantastic visions, focusing on ephemeral phenomena and atmospheric radiances. His recent works, produced in Japan, draw on Buddhist and Zen principles, particularly Mukayu (non-existence), emphasizing emptiness and impermanence. The print was fictively 'purchased' by Maud de la Forterie as part of artpress's feature 'Dans le panier d’artpress'.