Chelsea's Wings II

20 X 24 inch silver gelatin print.

Crabtree 1998

I used this as an electronic Christmas Card in 1998.

In principle I try always to be open to suggestions from my models but one is under so many pressures it is hard. I am sure I missed many good shots by not letting her have her head... so to speak. In this case, thank the Goddess, I agreed to the wings and a delightted Chelsea scampered about my house and garden like a character from Shakespeare's Midsummer Nights Dream.

I think this will always be one of my favorite memories of her - at her most beautiful when she is most happy.