Goddess Emergent (last of the series; call it 50), 1983
Originally intended as another illustration for "Glimpses of a Pale Dancer," I made both these photographs in 1983 several weeks before the fire, planning to sandwich the two images as they appear here: one of the very few preconceived sandwiches I ever made. But the fire ended all such notions, and I filed away the film and could not bear to return to it for nearly three years. Then in 1986 -- probably more out of aesthetic curiosity than anything else (and assuming the destruction of "Dancer" reduced this remnant to nothing more than a photographic curio) -- I had one of Manhattan's better color labs print it for me. Now I'm glad I did; I believe the work stands on its own merits. Kodak 400 ASA color negative film; Nikon FT, 105 mm f/2.5 Nikkor.