The female body, unusual architecture and anthropomorphic shapes are key preoccupations of the French photographer Camille Vivier, whose powerful work serves to question and subvert traditional notions of beauty. This 2014 image, of a nude woman perched upon a giant staircase in the shape of a similarly stripped-down figure, is an enthralling combination of the three—a mise en abyme, that puts a curious, almost mythological spin on the art historical fondness for nudes descending staircases.
