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Paradise

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Ruben van Schalm

Rush of Water
Archival Pigment Print


Series: The Barbadian
Edition of 8 plus 2 artist's proofs
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Medium
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Year
2025
Works
21 photographs
Medium
Archival pigment prints, limited editions
Place
Joshua Tree & Palm Springs
Film
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The body as resonance in the desert landscapes of Joshua Tree and Palm Springs.

Artist statement · PDF ↓

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Year
2024
Works
9 photographs
Medium
Archival pigment prints, limited editions
Place
Seychelles

Life’s constant state of movement — of bodies, environments and what remains.

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Year
2020
Works
33 photographs
Places
Philippines, French Polynesia, Israel
Book
Paradise, Komma, 2020

Where the work first found its own language. Published as a monograph by Komma, with a foreword by Erwin Olaf.

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