After Palermo, 2024 — David Rosetzky

After Palermo
2024

After Palermo is a new series of double-exposure photographs featuring human figures visually meshed with natural forms and materials. Inspired by recent travel to his partner’s ancestral homeland of Palermo, Rosetzky creates layered, intimate portraits by harnessing the decorative elements adorning the ornate facades and interiors synonymous with the Sicilian city. Theatrical tropes of baroque sculpture and architecture emerge organically throughout the artist’s investigation into the surrealist strategies of spontaneity, randomness and chance. Through this analogue process of overlaying photographic exposures, Rosetzky configures transient scenes that explore subconscious thresholds and the multifaceted nature of identity.

Credits: Photographic Assistant: Ruiqi Qui
Image scans, postproduction and printing: Peter Hatzipavlis (Final Grade)
Models: Sean, Harry and Thabani
Film development: /DEV and Film Never Die
Framing: Arten

David would like to thank Sean Meilak, Nikki Wilson and Simon Bronson