M – first formal portrait, 1970 - a photo on Flickriver

M – first formal portrait, 1970

This was taken on a winter day by the lake at Chipstead, shortly after the first one in this set. I said it would be nice to take a photo of her in the misty setting but she didn't feel it would look right wearing jeans and my old jumper. She said she had just been shopping and bought a new dress and shoes for a party and she ran back to the car and quickly changed for the photo.

She was quite selfconscious about having her photo taken in a planned way – the few previous shots I had taken had been just snaps in spontaneous moments, and they hadn't been printed yet so she did not know how they were going to turn out. I think the uncertainty shows in her expression, but I thought she looked amazingly glamorous and sophisticated (especially compared with me) – and the serious look was quite fashionable at the time. After a few more weeks, and seeing the results she was much more relaxed about it. Also, moving into a more "hippy" social group, she became less concerned with sophistication (but still kept her adventurous sense of style).

She was only 18 or 19 here but looked a lot younger in later photos over the next few years, partly because of the changes in fashion and style.

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Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Chipstead (show map)

Taken on: May 1, 1970

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