Held by the Light They Offered · Intimate Collector Edition
Angkor Wat Temple, Angkor, Cambodia — 2020 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print Edition Strictly limited to 15 prints + 2 Artist’s ProofsEdition Number This listing is for the first numbered print from the Intimate Collector Edition: 1/15 Medium Hand-toned black-and-white archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Bamboo — a museum-grade fine art paper chosen for its quiet tactility and reverent depth, echoing the spirit of the temples. Signature & Numbering Each print is individually signed and numbered by the artist on the border (recto) Certificate of Authenticity Accompanies every print Image Size 14.2 x 10.1 inches, 36.1 x 25.7 cm At the threshold where light becomes memory, two devatas emerge from stone—graceful, entwined, and radiant in their stillness. This is not a moment captured, but one consecrated. Carved high upon the unfinished sandstone of Angkor Wat’s second-level courtyard, the figures appear almost identical—twin sisters or mirrored selves—each lifting a lotus blossom in quiet offering. One reaches across to rest her hand upon the other’s shoulder, their embrace suspended in golden silence. The air was thick with the hush of evening, as if the day itself were bowing. Lucas Varro waited for the light to find them. Using large-format black-and-white film, he made this image beneath the sun’s last breath. In the studio, the negative was shaped through chiaroscuro and hand-toned in gold—an act of reverence, not effect. Each print is unique, bearing the subtle fire of what the stone once held. This museum-grade archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Bamboo paper is offered in a strictly Limited Edition of 25 + 2 AP. No two impressions are alike. Each carries the light that stayed. Click here to walk deeper into the artist’s journal—where silence remembers the offering.