We worked with Selia three times in late 2008. Our first session together was at Belmont Estate. Our second session was at an abandoned sharecropper’s house. The third time was at a state park. Among all the women we have worked with, Selia was remarkably sensuous and in front of the camera, she was incredible.

We assumed that her name wasn’t really Selia, but in fact, we never knew much about her. There were references to a daughter but nothing substantive. When we first worked with her, we didn’t expect her to model nude. So, we were more than a bit surprised when she moved quickly from a dress to lingerie to nude. Like isis and Innana after her, Selia was very comfortable nude – in fact she might have been more comfortable nude than she was dressed.

There is a sense of “incompleteness” when we look at this body of work. Not that she wasn’t up to the task. There is no doubt that she was. There was just more…….