I’ve always liked this image. It was difficult to shoot and looking at the contact sheet, I don’t think I got the angle right on any of the shots. This image is as close to good as I could get and it is severely cropped. But back to what I like about the shot.
The woman is looking up to the sky as she rests on her arm. The perspective makes her bigger than her surroundings. She is in the midst of concrete and the Art Deco buildings provide a textured backdrop. (At another angle, the buildings are modern and cold.) Her form, ribbons of black, make her open and curvaceous. She seems relaxed and contemplative. Not really. There is a feeling of her being aloof, literally and removed from the setting. She is just a fixture, posed, still with something going on underneath.
