Room 2D

From Februs 40 Roy Tersley interviews Cindy and her partner, Michael. Cindy, you first came to our attention as the subject of the Reader’s Photo of the Month in Janus 136 [see below] . Yes. I wasn’t sure whether to let Michael send in my pictures but once the editor confirmed he was interested, I got really excited. And when you saw the magazine? Oh, wow! There was this whole mixture of feelings. Like, what if anyone I knew saw them? Don’t I look great! Hey, that’s really me! Isn’t Michael lucky to have me in his life! But no regrets? Oh, no! Definitely, definitely not a shred of doubt that Michael was right about it. So it was his idea, not yours? Very much so. I wouldn’t exactly describe myself as a shrinking violet, but this was something new for me and I needed to think about it carefully. Can you explain that a little more? Well, we’ve got loads of Polaroids at home of me dressed up, or doin...

Photo-story by Julie Holmes from Februs 13 It had been a great shoot: the garments were a perfect fit, the lighting had actually worked and the girls had followed all his instructions. He’d use that again, the photographer said as he handed over their fee — and for once he was sincere. Their image changed drastically as they shed the filmy satin lingerie they had been modelling and switched back to their day clothes. They were both highly-attractive young women and the jeans-and-t-shirt and summer-frock ensembles enhanced their girl-next-door looks, but still there was something of the butterfly-reverting-to-a-caterpillar in their altered appearance. Back at the flat they curled up cosily on the sofa to look at the Polaroids from the shoot. Seeing themselves glammed up always brought on fits of giggles — a mixture of pride and embarrassment at their tarty potential. It was always hard to identify with the images ...