Roy Stuart Glimpse 10 -

This is not seduction. This is a treaty signed in silence. She has cut nothing of value except the queen's permission. The glimpse is hers to give, not yours to steal. Remember that."

On the floor, a man's pinstripe trousers, still belted, arranged like a discarded second skin. He watches from a chair just outside the frame. You can see the smoke from his cigarette curling into the light. roy stuart glimpse 10

She kneels on a velvet ottoman, back to us, but her face is caught in a tilted mirror. The mirror doesn't lie; it negotiates. In her left hand, a pair of nail scissors. In her right, a single playing card—the Queen of Hearts, snipped cleanly at the corner. This is not seduction

Medium: Archival pigment print / Film still Dimensions: 120 x 80 cm Edition: 3/7 The glimpse is hers to give, not yours to steal

(2003)