ABSTRACT
The ethereal nature of the angel photograph, with its lack of focus stands visually apart from the in-focus images in a substantive way. Because the winged beings are next to each other and the difference in visual treatment between them and the third image is pronounced. The angel and the wasp are immediate neighbors, not separated by the stare but instead punctuated by it. The angelic quality in the wasp: this can be considered as such because the angel is trapped by the two in-focus images, immediately following the wasp. The angel image may ultimately lead the way though last in the sequence. Something may spurn the unforgiving stair into lifting the screen and let the confused insect go free. The insignificant insect and icon of another religion are suddenly conflated into an unseen bird.
