Maris Rusis
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Rock Pool and Nude
Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa Classic VC FB photographic paper, image size 24.4cm X 19.6cm, from a 8x10 Kodak Tmax 400 negative exposed in a Tachihara 810HD triple extension field view camera fitted with a Fujinon-W 300mm f5.6 lens. Signed, stamped, and annotated verso.
The camera back was tilted to place the Scheimpflug plane along the model's body. This has the effect of elegantly, I think, exaggerating the leg line. Even though the rock pool was populated by a few small fish and some crabs the model jumped in either from daring, boldness, or curiosity; I didn't ask. Hard direct sunlight accentuated the contrast between the dark rock and the luminous skin tone. Because the light was very bright she shaded her left eye with a raised arm in order to see the camera and revel in its gaze.
By way of assurance to anxious viewers I offer this picture as an example where an unclad person in front of a camera is not a victim of coercion, duplicity, or exploitation; rather a co-conspirator.