Julie: Little Black Dress

Julie opens the session in a deep-V black dress and not much of a plan beyond seeing where it goes. The first frames are warm and easy — glasses on, a real smile, hands folded like she’s posing for a portrait that’ll end up on a mantel. Then the glasses come off and the temperature drops a few degrees: a hand dragged through auburn hair, a look held a beat too long, the kind of quiet confidence that doesn’t need to try. Curvy, unbothered, and completely in control of the room. Gray studio backdrop, 2012. No airbrushing, no apologies, no boring.