I thought that each week I would find an image from our archives to discuss with you. Faye will also be showing and discussing some of her work in the months ahead. Today’s image is called ‘Glass Clouds’ for obvious reasons. It dates back to around 1987 and the subject was Karen, one of our all time favourites to work with. Now Karen was not really a model though she did do some work for other photographers, mostly hair work. No, Karen worked in Boots the Chemist in Edinburgh and you could have passed her by without a second glance. However when it came to working with Faye and I Karen took on a whole different look. When she was nude Karen appeared to grow in stature and became all together a different person. She was also very brave, enduring some freezing Scottish weather down on the beach and in the woods of the Scottish Borders. Karen’s hair in this image was cut and styled by Faye, creating that classic 1930’s bob which I so love. The image was made in our bedroom @ 21 East Claremont Street Edinburgh. Two very large Georgian sash and case windows gave all the daylight that was required and the circle of glass that Karen is holding is in fact the top of one of the bedside tables and it catches beautifully the reflection of the windows and the clouds beyond. I also love Karen’s reflection on our bedroom wall which also shows the window and clouds. In fact if you look at the image although Karen is nude she is showing nothing! Taken, hand held with my old Hasselblad 500c with an 80mm lens onto TMax100 film stock. The original exhibition image was made onto Kodak Ektalure paper. Another image next week.
