Innocence Betrayed II

20 X 24 inch silver gelatin print.

Now what on Earth is this about! I hear your cry. Well, this is Hannah and her man Matthew, and even her baby Kaya just out of sight. It was never meant to be serious - even before the part when Hannah couldn't stop laughing. I borrowed a quote from an age when nudity was okay as long as it had a classical or didactic theme. Then I put it in a context borrowed from Balthus (who's elegant, mysterious eroticism really appeals to me).

I wasn't happy with the first prints because of surplus extraneous elements that didn't work. For instance there is a picture behind Hannah which is a conceptual piece of mine on the "classic pose". Behind Matthew is the famous image "Blown Away" which the movie Heathers turned into a reference to oral sex. Then there is the empty chair in the background for the absent audience... let's face it folks, I was trying to do too much. I like the simplified, high-contrast print. What do you think?