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"Underwater Model"
Michael Joseph, Cadaques, photo taken in the 1980s
Original one-off darkroom print, signed

A figure dissolves, half-seen and half-imagined,
as light fractures and shadows slide across skin and sea.
This is no simple underwater shot —
it’s a darkroom masterclass in tone, balance, and suggestion.

In Underwater Model, Michael Joseph pushes the photograph beyond documentation,
into something far more alchemical.
The textures feel etched. The shadows float like brushwork.
This is what happens when the camera is only the beginning.

A one-off toned darkroom print — warm, spectral, and painterly —
this image is the product of tireless experimentation,
the kind Joseph thrived on.
He was deeply influenced by artists like Bill Brandt, Man Ray, and Bruegel:
a trio of visionaries who saw the world in contrasts, fragments, and layered realities.

Like them, Michael saw creative opportunity in almost every photograph —
not just in the moment it was taken,
but in what could be made of it afterward.
In the darkroom, he didn’t just develop — he transformed.
Bleach, tone, overprint, mask — each decision made with wit and precision.
This print is the result: an image part dream, part gesture, part memory.

Known for his iconic 1968 Beggars Banquet portraits of the Rolling Stones,
Joseph’s commercial and artistic practice consistently strayed toward the surreal,
where fashion met fine art, and suggestion trumped spectacle.

Mount dimensions: 40cm x 30cm.
Dispatched with great care via Colissimo.
Please take a look at my reviews —
you’ll see the level of devotion I bring to preserving and redistributing these unique, historic works.
This is a singular piece from a brilliant mind — and it’s ready for its next chapter.

Authentic darkroom print - Signed - Unique pink-toned edition in off-white mount - 1986

Michael Joseph - Private parts underwater, darkroom poetic magic

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