In the photograph, a bright red-and-black insect sits on a purple flower. We do not yet know what species it is, whether it is dangerous, how it behaves or why it has that colouring, yet the eye has already picked…
In the past, an “ideal” female body in a photograph still required a real person at the beginning of the process. Then came the pose, lighting, makeup, lens and retouching. A waist could be narrowed, skin smoothed and legs lengthened,…
A matte black dress and an otherwise identical dress made from glossy material can cover the same amount of skin, have the same length and fit equally closely. Yet in motion they can look strikingly different. On matte fabric the…
Clothing can cover almost the entire body and still make that body more noticeable. A long fitted dress may emphasize a figure more clearly than something shorter but loose. A turtleneck reveals very little skin, yet it can preserve the…