This photograph was taken with the painting in mind. At Huyumans tomb in Delhi one is transported into a past both decorative, spiritual and, in contrast, palpably echoing of all the blood shed in those distant years. The pointsettias in the foreground were to have the delicate tracery of the lattice work in the tombs. The sharp red bracts told of spears and blood.
To lend light to the painting I muted the colours to blue, moved architecture and nature around to give a simple, decorative look, changing angles to draw the eye to the poinsettia bush as the dominant factor. In the end I got what I was looking for and luckily, as the photographer myself, trod on no toes in the translation.
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