The Rehearsal

A woman holds the gaze

At first the room tries to explain her: pianist, perhaps, or muse. Neither name holds. She stays before the camera long enough for the pose to fall away, then the protection of clothes. Still, she does not become available to us. She returns the look. By the last frame, the piano is no longer the work of art in the room.

Close portrait of a woman lying back against an orange armchair, looking up into the lens

Woman in black in an ornate armchair looking into the lens, legs folded beside her

Woman looking away over a carved sofa back, a grand piano by the window behind her

Close portrait of a woman resting against the back of an orange baroque armchair, sunlit

Woman asleep against the arm of a baroque armchair, hard light cutting the dark floor

Bare legs folded on a baroque armchair, hands clasped over an ankle

Woman seated by a grand piano at a tall window, hand raised to her head

Woman in black seated by the open piano lid, face lifted into the light, eyes closed

Woman with both hands pressed to her forehead, ringed fingers lit against the dark

Strings and frame inside an open grand piano, lit low

Woman in black standing in a beam of hard light, hands on hips, looking off into the dark

Woman seen from above, one hand resting along the piano keyboard, eyes closed

Close portrait of a woman with lowered eyes, a band of sun across her face in the dark

Open grand piano lid over glowing hammers and strings in the dark

Bare-backed woman on a chair at a lit vanity mirror against a brick wall, her face caught in the glass

Nude woman at the open piano, face turned towards the window light

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