Sebastian Magnani’s Cookie Time – Cat’s Escape (2023, Archival Pigment Print) captures Catwoman in an unexpected moment of indulgence and domesticity. Reclining in a vintage copper bathtub filled with milk, she wears her trademark black latex suit, the glossy surface catching the light against the muted green paneling of the room. In one hand, she casually holds a cookie, an object that turns the scene from noir intensity into playful satire.

The photograph draws its power from juxtaposition: a character defined by agility, danger, and seduction is here transformed into a figure of leisure, humor, and quiet absurdity. Magnani replaces the tropes of high drama with the everyday ritual of comfort, parodying both the seriousness of the Catwoman persona and the glamour of luxury advertising.

As part of the Cat’s Escape series, Cookie Time exemplifies Magnani’s ongoing project of recontextualization—removing iconic characters from their mythic frameworks and inserting them into mundane, whimsical settings. The result is an image that is both humorous and intimate, a snapshot of superhuman fantasy made humanly relatable.