Pineapple

20 X 24 inch silver gelatin print.

Crabtree, January 1998

This was very much Erika's idea following up from another idea of hers that I liked - but she didn't like the way it came out so you don't get to see it. I told her this one gave new meaning to the expression "to get the rough end of the pineapple" and she gave me a blank stare. It's an Australian expression meaning to get a raw deal.

It is a wonderfully tactile image. It is also (if I dare speak for Erika) something of a rejoiner to the open beaver theme so beloved of internet porn freaks. Years ago one of my models posed with a rusty rabbit trap in front of her private parts and there was no mistaking the implied threat. "wouldn't it be nice" she thought, "to walk the streets in smug confidence."