After Palermo is a new series of double-exposure photographs featuring human figures visually meshed with natural forms and materials. Inspired by recent travel to his partner's ancestral homeland of Palermo, David Rosetzky creates layered, intimate portraits by harnessing the decorative elements adorning the ornate facades and interiors synonymous with the Sicilian city. Theatrical tropes of baroque sculpture and architecture emerge organically through the artist’s investigation into the surrealist strategies of spontaneity, randomness and chance. Through this analogue process of overlaying photographic exposures, Rosetzky configures transient scenes that explore subconscious thresholds and the multi-faceted nature of identity.
