Ducati Shows Some Flesh with Elizabeth Raab Photos

Following the success registered by the special edition art prints and the Troy Bayliss “Honor & Glory” collection, Ducati has now returned with a bolder approach, adding Elizabeth Raab’s “Desmo” gallery to their offering. The items range in price from EUR100 to EUR395.

The new collection, which comprises no less than sixteen unique photographs, represents the relationship between the mechanical body (in our case that of the Ducati motorcycles) and the female body.

“The Desmo photography collection presents sixteen unique photographs in which Elizabeth Raab has approached and juxtaposed the abstract qualities of the organic and mechanical forms, highlighting both the complexity in design and the emotion of iconic Ducati motorcycles,” the company says on the special dedicated website.

“The shots explore the multiple relationships between the designed and the natural. The lines of the mechanical body reflecting the lines of the organic form it was designed after. The unique color palette of the motorcycle extends from the framework to the features of the model. The model is in an extension of the bike herself,” it continues.

Elizabeth Raab is a photographic artist specializing in automotive and creative portraiture imagery. Her career in the arts started with her move to Rome, Italy in 1999 where she lived for two years working in creative portraiture before returning to her native North West in 2001.

Her work has been featured in exhibitions and many areas of publication in the US and Italy. Features include a range from the Seattle Art Museum, published works of David Lynch, to Joseph Kosuth’s “Perloined.” She has recently been most noted for her work in conjunction with Ducati motorcycles and now resides in Brooklyn, New York with her husband and their two children.