THE MEDICI TOMBS, "DAWN AND DUSK" MICHELANGELO

FLORENCE ITALY

Image Number 153

omb of Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici with Dusk and Dawn.  Dawn takes no joy in the beauty and desirability of her powerful young body but wearily, painfully, drags herself awake almost like a dead body being dragged unwilling back to life.

TECHNICAL NOTES

The image was taken with a hand-held Phase One 645 Camera at ISO 3200. Exposure of 1/100th second and aperture F3.4.   45 mm Phase One lens.   The image was captured on a Phase One IQ180 80 megapixel digital back.