White Queen
‘Chess Portraits’ is a photo series by Italian photographer Francesco Ridolfi that explores the “dualism” in human nature.
In this series, Ridolfi captures both the black and white pieces of the ‘King’, ‘Queen’, ‘Bishop’, ‘Knight’, ‘Rook’ and ‘Pawn’ chess pieces—highlighting the “Good” and “Evil” in each of them.
According to Ridolfi, his aim was to explore the “lighter and darker sides of the human psyche through the game’s opposition of pieces in Black versus White”.
“Through its six different figures, chess offers a series of archetypal human personalities: types we can hold our own natures up against, to highlight different aspects and to bring particular facets into relief.”
“It offers an opportunity to portray the self-same character and chess piece both as Black and as White. In this way we can reveal opposite aspects that often cohabit within our personalities.”
Black Queen
White King
Black King
White Bishop
Black Bishop
White Rook
Black Rook
White Knight
Black Knight
White Pawn
Black Pawn
[via Visual News, images via Francesco Ridolfi]
‘Chess Portraits’ is a photo series by Italian photographer Francesco Ridolfi that explores the “dualism” in human nature.
In this series, Ridolfi captures both the black and white pieces of the ‘King’, ‘Queen’, ‘Bishop’, ‘Knight’, ‘Rook’ and ‘Pawn’ chess pieces—highlighting the “Good” and “Evil” in each of them.
According to Ridolfi, his aim was to explore the “lighter and darker sides of the human psyche through the game’s opposition of pieces in Black versus White”.
“Through its six different figures, chess offers a series of archetypal human personalities: types we can hold our own natures up against, to highlight different aspects and to bring particular facets into relief.”
“It offers an opportunity to portray the self-same character and chess piece both as Black and as White. In this way we can reveal opposite aspects that often cohabit within our personalities.”
Black Queen
White King
Black King
White Bishop
Black Bishop
White Rook
Black Rook
White Knight
Black Knight
White Pawn
Black Pawn
[via Visual News, images via Francesco Ridolfi]