NOCTURNE
VOL 03

NOCTURNE

Three nights · velvet, gold, and bloom
Ploy · An Editorial Photobook · ZenityX
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PART I · 8 PLATES

Velvet Martini

Cocktail Bar · Eleven O'Clock · One Brass Lamp

A bar at eleven. Marble, red velvet, rows of amber bottles — and a single brass lamp doing all the work.

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Eleven o'clock · the room goes quiet.

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Holding the velvet aside.

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Bare back to the room.

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The coupe, held at the chin.

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Velvet, lengthwise.

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Stopped between the tables.

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Profile, doubled in smoked glass.

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Leaning across the candle.

PART II · 8 PLATES

Vanity Hour

Hotel Suite · Gold Sconces · Crystal And Pearls

The hour before going out, or long after coming home. Gold sconces, crystal stoppers, nothing rushed.

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Deep red, mid-application.

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City lights behind the silk.

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Fastening an earring.

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Turned back from the mirror.

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Linen, on the elbows.

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Crystal at the throat.

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Pearls across the line.

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On the floor, with the reflection.

PART III · 8 PLATES

Magenta Bloom

Walled Garden · Bougainvillea · Lantern And Moon

A walled garden after dark. Bougainvillea over old stone, one iron lantern, and the moon doing the rest.

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Bougainvillea in hand.

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Framed in orchids.

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Stone bench · ankles crossed.

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Looking back down the path.

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Crouched by the jasmine.

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Back against warm stone.

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Under the iron lantern.

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The steps, and the lantern behind.

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