SOFT SHELL


Roman Varlamov
Presented at the Hamptons Fine Art Fair
2026


A surreal still-life series that transforms the egg into a symbol of fragility, rebirth, and quiet beauty. The body of work explores balance, rupture, transformation, and the subtle tension between innocence and unease.

Rupture, 2026

Archival pigment print
Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta
Image: 30 × 38 in / Framed: 36 × 44 in

Edition of 5 + 2 AP

This series centers on the egg as a fragile symbol of beginning, protection, and loss. It appears not simply as an object, but as a vessel — something that holds life, memory, and the quiet possibility of rupture.

Across the works, familiar forms begin to shift. A nest becomes a pedestal, a plate becomes a stage, shadows separate into color, and the shell reveals both its strength and vulnerability. The images exist in the moment before something changes — before breaking, opening, disappearing, or becoming.

The egg also carries a quiet connection to the history of photography. In the nineteenth century, egg white was used in albumen printing, one of the medium’s earliest photographic processes. In this way, the subject becomes both image and echo, linking light, surface, creation, and trace.

Held between beauty and unease, these photographs remain suspended in a charged instant, where fragility feels alive.

Offering, 2026

Archival pigment print
Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta
Image: 18 × 23 in / Framed: 24 × 29 in

Edition of 5 + 2 AP

Drift, 2026

Archival pigment print
Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta
Image: 24 × 30 in / Framed: 30 × 36 in

Edition of 5 + 2 AP

Constellation, 2026

Archival pigment print
Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta
Image: 18 × 23 in / Framed: 24 × 29 in

Edition of 5 + 2 AP

Vessel, 2026

Archival pigment print
Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta
Image: 18 × 23 in / Framed: 24 × 29 in

Edition of 5 + 2 AP

Home, 2026

Archival pigment print
Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta
Image: 18 × 23 in / Framed: 24 × 29 in

Edition of 5 + 2 AP

CONTACT
For print inquiries and fine art sales:
Roman Varlamov
rsvarlamov@gmail.com
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