Todays special comes in the form of an older but timeless photography “build” by Elizabeth Raab, the photography genius behind the Desmo collection. It has been said that – “her images contain a visually strong emotional sensuality that crosses the boundary between her subjects and objects.” Uniquely vivid shades colors and familiar shapes of beauty arise in most of Elizabeth’s scenes, completely capturing the curves of both elements.

Her career in the arts started with her move to Rome, Italy in 1999 where she lived for two years working in creative portraiture before returning to her native Portland in 2001. Her work has been featured in exhibitions and many areas of publication in the US and Italy as “An exploration of the aesthetical relationship between the female body and the mechanical body of iconic Ducati bikes. Perfect organisms which become the extension of one another.”

Features include a range from the Seattle Art Museum, published works of David Lynch, to Joseph Kosuth’s “Perloined.” She has recently been most noted for her work in conjunction with Ducati motorcycles and now resides in Brooklyn, New York with her husband and their two children.

“The shots explore the relationship between the designed and the natural. The lines of the mechanical body reflecting the lines of the organic form it was designed after. The unique color palette of the motorcycle extends from the frame of the bike to the features of the model. The model is in an extension of the bike herself.” – Ducati Art





Via: Ducati Art

Photography: Elizabeth Raab