ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Through the painted gate, just behind the fence, in the backyard of this little bohemian place, her silver trailer sits sheltered by a large tree.
It is a rather odd one, they say, it must be almost seventy years ago that this was the state of the art. The heat and humidity is heavy, with only the occasional sea breeze providing some relief.
She wears an old fashioned flowery dress, the washed out blue has faded long ago. She smells of daisies and mosquito repellent, her name is Maria.
How she came to be there no one knows, no history, no explanation.
Just her silver trailer. She waits for guests to keep her company, they say.
She is the bait and they are the prey.
She is hunter and hunted, they say.
She exposes herself to them, they say.
They expose their secrets and hidden desires to her piercing eyes, they say.
She puts on her show for them, slowly stripping in front of their eyes, bringing herself pleasure, becoming their fantasy.
When the guests leave, she stays, she turns off her mind, they say.
Staring out the rear window at the purple starry night, she dreams of a different reality, they say.
AUTHOR
Born in 1959, Malcolm is an architect with a passion for photography. As a student studying architecture he was drawn to the black and white street photography in Paris and New York City from the 30’s-60’s in particular the photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sophie Calle, Raymond Depardon, and Robert Doiseau. While studying photography at the Ontario College of Art and Design and the Ryerson School of Image Arts, he became interested in the black and white fashion/portraits/fine art photographs of Richard Avedon, David Bailey, Lillian Bassman, Imogen Cunningham, Peter Lindbergh, Irvin Penn, Deborah Turbeville and Ruth Bernhard from the 60’s/70’s. Malcolm has received a number of awards for his photography including ; a finalist and 3rd place winner in the Black & White Zebra Awards ( 2012, 2014, 2015, & 2017 ), the International Photography Awards ( 2015, 2016 & 2017), the Photographer’s Forum Magazine Photography Awards (2013 & 2014 ), a Bronze & Silver in the 2014 PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris awards, and Rangefinder Magazine’s “Body” competition ( Boudoir 2016 & 2017 ). His images were featured in Black & White Magazine’s Portfolio Awards issues in August 2013 and 2015 to 2017 , and Black & White Magazines Single Image Awards issues -February 2014 to 2017.
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