Carnaval De Venise

Inside the image.

A square cover combines a blue-tinted photograph with two lines of purple lettering at the upper left. A woman occupies the centre and right of the image, shown from around the waist up behind a harp. Her head inclines towards the strings, eyes closed or lowered; dark hair frames her face. She wears a sleeveless white top, which merges into the very pale lower portion of the image. Her hands are visible near the lower left, reaching among the harp strings.

The harp fills much of the left side and extends beyond the top and bottom edges. Its closely spaced, bright strings run diagonally from the upper left towards the lower centre, crossing a pale, curved frame. The woman and instrument overlap, with the strings forming a fine veil in front of her. The photograph is cropped tightly, with no visible border or setting. A broad, uninterrupted field of clear cyan-blue fills the upper-right background and surrounds the woman's head and shoulder.

The image is strongly washed in cool cyan and white, with the deepest blue concentrated across the right background and the darkest tones in the woman's hair and facial features. Highlights on the harp strings and her clothing are nearly white. The overall contrast is soft, and the photograph has a hazy, high-key appearance. At the upper left, the smaller italic serif line reads “Carnaval de Venise”; directly beneath it, in much larger uppercase serif letters, is “CATRIN FINCH”. Both lines are purple and sit over the pale strings and background. The lettering is crisp and prominent against the blurred, luminous photograph.