Vexilla Regis Prodeunt Inferni

Posted: July 27, 2009 
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“Vexilla Regis prodeunt Inferni,”

my master said, “closer to us, so now

look ahead and see if you can make him out.”

Translation: The banners of the King of Hell advance.

Alighieri, Dante. The Divine Comedy Volume 1: Inferno.  pg. 379, Lines 1-3, Canto XXXIV, Penguin Classics, Indiana University, 2003

This is part of a series of abstract photographic representations of various pieces of Dante’s Inferno.  For the full series, and to see how each photo fits into the prose, please visit this link:

http://www.soma-sema.com/old/Abstract/dantesque-journey.html

All of the photos from the Dantesque Journey were taken with my Nikon FM2, a 135mm Nikon e-series lens, 400 ISO colour negative film and a red filter mounted on the lens using my Cokin P-Series filter system.