Narcissus was not capable of loving anyone and had been cruel to his would-be lovers, mostly male. He considered Echo a nuisance, particularly since she had what he must have thought a weird habit of repeating what he said. He turned coldly away from her each time she came near. Echo pined away until finally she disappeared altogether; only her voice remained. At the same time she was pining away so was Narcissus, since one of his rejected lovers had prayed to Nemesis to punish the self-centered youth. Nemesis caused him to fall in love with his reflection in a pool, and thereafter he could not bear to leave the beautiful youth staring up at him from the depths. In this way he, like Echo, disappeared; in his accustomed place by the pool, a flower grew that was named for him.
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This photograph was made in pretty much the same way as "Aphrodite", combining two photographs as negatives so that the lighter colours stay on top. The whole process took me about 3 days (in the dark) to get right.I am equally fond of the negative image of this photo and have finished copies of both. To see the other copy click on the photo.
