More about the release5 Notes
● "To see the light we must first acknowledge that we are in the dark." - Dominic Rouse (The Artist's Journal, November 2005)
● A hand-signed chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive paper
● Print - 15" x 12" (381 x 305 mm) ● Image - 13" x 10" (330 x 254 mm) ● Edition - 250 signed prints ● Catalogue - DHR040 ● Condition - MINT
● Hand signed in black ink to verso ● Numbered artist stamp to verso ● Title below image
● Signed Certificate of Print Authenticity
● Ships in a large PVC tube
Release Notes (5)
Nothing To Be Said
The initial creative impulse for 'Ecce Homo' was provided by a line in English poet Philip Larkin's melancholic poem 'Nothing To Be Said'. The first stanza reads: For nations vague as weed, For nomads among stones, Small-statured cross-faced tribes And cobble-close families In mill-towns on dark mornings Life is slow dying. It is the last line that prompted the artist to creation. The poem's theme is the inevitability of death and how we are all, from the moment of conception and each in our own unique way, slowly dying. It is this shared tragedy that ultimately unites us all within the confines of the human experience.
A Portrait of Humanity
A short YouTube video narrated by the artist revealing the thought process behind the creation of 'Ecce Homo'. (PLEASE NOTE - the www.dominicrouse.com website referenced in the video titles is currently offline)
The Artist's Journal
"Colour is everything, black and white is more." - Dominic Rouse (The Artist's Journal). Throughout his career Rouse has kept a journal containing thousands of observations made whilst stumbling blindly along the creative path to God knows where. A small selection of these jottings are published on the Photo Quotes website.
A Declaration of Independence
"Each and every work of Art should be a declaration of independence by the artist and an unequivocal affirmation of his solidarity with selfhood implying a firm rejection of the morality & mediocrity of the State-led herd." - Dominic Rouse (The Artist's Journal, June 2023)
Release details
- Category
- art - photographylimited edition
- Release Date
- 17 June 2025
- Catalog number
- DHR040