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MUSE NOIR

 EXPERIMENTAL·

AMSTERDAM

A woman with eyes closed, draped in dark fabric. A soft bronze light surrounds her. Her presence radiates from within, calm and powerful.

SHE IS LIGHT

Fine Art Portrait, 2025

“Where Light Meets Shadow” – fine art portrait by Christina Diebel. A Black woman in profile stands upright with her arms gently crossed over her torso, embodying presence and self-containment. She wears a minimalist black robe. Behind her, a large muted circle symbolizes balance, wholeness, and transition between light and shadow. The composition expresses dignity, rhythm, and the meeting of feminine and masculine energies.

WHERE LIGHT MEETS SHADOW

Fine Art Portrait, 2025

“Between Three Stars” – fine art portrait by Christina Diebel. A Black woman sits in profile, poised and grounded, with a calm, forward gaze. She wears a minimalist black robe. Behind her, a circular background divided into deep indigo and warm gold represents night and morning, shadow and light. Three stars surround her, symbolizing past, present, and future. The composition evokes stillness, timelessness, and the eternal cycle of life.

THREE STARS

Fine Art Portrait, 2025

“The Dress of Night” – fine art portrait by Christina Diebel. A Black woman with braided hair sits in soft shadow, gazing away with a serene, introspective expression. She wears a black, one-shoulder dress patterned with white dots, evoking stars against a night sky. Behind her, a subtle circle of light symbolizes wholeness and return. Her silhouette and bare shoulder create a quiet, powerful presence – a visual poem of elegance, mystery, and self-possession.

THE DRESS OF NIGHT

Fine Art Portrait, 2025

“Before Words” – fine art portrait by Christina Diebel. A close-up of a Black woman with braided hair, holding her face gently in both hands. Her eyes are open, calm, and deeply expressive, framed by soft blue eyeshadow and glossy lips. Her gaze is direct yet tender, evoking emotion and silent connection. Set against a clean white background, the composition captures the intimacy and vulnerability of unspoken presence – a quiet moment where meaning begins before language.

BEFORE WORDS

Fine Art Portrait, 2025

fine art photograph by Christina Diebel. A seated woman wears a layered textile sculpture that bridges raw structure and lightness. Her posture is upright, her body composed. Denim and tulle meet in architectural folds, both shielding and exposing. The work explores gesture, material tension, and embodiment — situated between garment and form, restraint and release.

BETWEEN DENIM AND TULLE

Fine Art Portrait, 2025

Fine art photograph by Christina Diebel titled Soft Tension (2025). A seated figure is dressed in a combination of transparent tulle and structured denim. Tulle evokes movement, lightness and the fleeting nature of appearance. In contrast, denim signifies utility, protection and a history of physical labor. The deliberate staging of the body draws attention to the tension between material and meaning. Femininity emerges not as a fixed role but as an architectural construction of softness, stability, surface and weight.

SOFT TENSION

Fine Art Portrait, 2025

Fine art photograph by Christina Diebel titled Verso: Verso (2025). A female-presenting Rückenfigur is seen from behind, wearing a sequined top. Light traces the shape of her body. Her gaze moves forward into a space beyond the frame. The Rückenfigur becomes a surface where perception begins to shift. The work explores how gaze, material and direction shape the tension between surface and imagination.

VERSO

Fine Art Portrait, 2025

Fine art photograph by Christina Diebel titled Escape Room (2025). A female-presenting figure sits with eyes closed in a softly enclosed setting. Her posture turns inward, suggesting introspection rather than escape. The space appears private and undisturbed, evoking memory, emotional depth and autonomy. The image explores interiority, self-formation and the creation of personal space beyond external gaze or expectation.

ESCAPE ROOM

Fine Art Portrait, 2025

Portrait of a young woman with a calm, serious expression, photographed frontally against a black background. Her posture is quiet and self-assured, free of posing or staging. Her makeup is subtle yet artistic, and her presence radiates strength and dignity. She is not here merely to be seen, she returns the gaze.

QUIET CLAIM

Fine Art Portrait, 2025

Portrait of a young woman with closed eyes, gently leaning to the side. Her hand rests softly against her cheek as if listening inward. She wears a flowing black-and-white garment, evoking contrast and tension. Her posture is calm, composed, and self-possessed. A moment of stillness, dignity, and introspection. Her body says: I am. I dream. I love. On my own terms.

STILL, IT´S MY DREAM

Fine Art Portrait, 2025

CREDITS

MODEL             SPECIAL THANKS TO   KHUTSO

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