Act II: The Voyage: At last they entered the underground chamber, where the Magician transformed them into a great jewel 1980

"Act II: The Voyage: At last they entered the underground chamber, where the Magician transformed them into a great jewel" is a 1980 photograph by Arthur Tress. The image depicts a fantastical scene of a flower encased in a glass sphere, illuminated by a beam of light, on a stage-like setting framed by ornate wallpaper with "OPERA" emblazoned across the top. The composition alludes to a magical or scientific transformation, playing with elements of surrealism, performance, and the theatricality of the human experience. The photograph, part of Tress's "The Theater of the Mind" series, is renowned for its evocative nature and its exploration of the hidden and the fantastical.