Color Photograph by Raúl Cañibano: Untitled

Seated man with a face tattooed on his back looks down a spiraling stairwell.

This color photograph is from Cuba, and is contemporary. It is pigment on paper. Pigment prints are made with pigment-based inks on paper, a process generally chosen for stable colour and fine tonal detail in contemporary photography. Vertical color photograph taken from above a winding staircase with iron railings and worn walls in amber and olive. A bare-backed man sits near the top, a portrait inked across his back. A pale pink object peeks in at the upper left. It is 8 inches wide and 12 high.

The stairs go down forever and the tattoo keeps watch.