The graffiti room at Le Chalet Hotel,
used by surfers in the summer months
and close to being a health hazard,
this was my favourite location for
all my portraits and nude work. The
last year this place became too much
of a hazard for my models and I
ceased to use it. This was my last
session here. Danger Pay would have
become a necessity to continue.

Yeah... what a mess...

ps. This is one of the very few shots
that I have of "little Jane" whose courage
and will power I admire after having beaten
an addiction to heroine. I refused to let
her model without her mum being present and
this shot was taken a year after she had been
"clean". The pose was one borrowed from a
pencil drawing on the wall to the right.
Most of my models have adopted that pose at
least once while in this room.
This is my favourite version.