SUSIE

Susie, in Hippie days

Susie was the the very petite girlfriend of my good friend, Mike Tate. This picture, from 1970, was shot the first time Susie had posed naked for a photographer. I had asked her if I could photograph her in an entirely tasteful pose, in an experimental exercise using the super-grainy Kodak 2475 recording film. There was a particular pose I wanted to shoot, and as I was explaining that to her, I thought she looked so cute as she tried to hide herself, that I just had to hit the shutter. Her feet express her apprehension, and she looks so vulnerable.