On a moist and murky morning I accompanied Jackie to Lymington Hospital for a follow up examination after her recent x-ray. She saw a thorough and helpful physiotherapist who will now refer her for an MRI scan of her knee.
Serious rain set in for the afternoon during which I scanned another batch of uncatalogued black and white negatives. As far as I can tell I took the photographs in 1982, probably whilst on the Fontaine holiday.
Among this collection are five images featuring Jessica’s hair, her neck, an earring, and a bikini strap. I couldn’t pick out a favourite.
Can you?
Soon after this series was taken, Jessica lost the earring. Has anyone seen it?
Purely by coincidence, we repeated what we had done on our last trip to Lymington Hospital, and returned to the town in the evening to dine at Lal Quilla where we enjoyed just as good a meal with friendly and efficient staff as we had had on our first visit. We both drank Kingfisher.
I hope Jackie’s injury is not too serious.
I pick photo #4. It’s very romantic. 🙂
Thank you Sam – there may be some ‘loose material’ in the knee. You are right about photo 4
:-/ That doesn’t sound good. Please pass on my bests to her.
Thank you Sam – have passed on your message
I also like #4 the most – I couldn’t say why. They are all beautiful b&w shots.
Thanks Pauline – perhaps unconsciously I chose it as my feature picture
These are so unusual and I’ve never seen a photograph of someone’s neck before. Of course, it helps that Jackie has a pretty neck! Number 2 and Number 5 are the best. It is because the hair and the denim strap bow mimic each other, though each is of a completely different texture, the graceful lines of her hair are soft, while the denim is stiff. Great photograph.
Thank you Ginene. I like your analysis and the compliment. (Actually they are of Jessica’s neck – she died in 2007)
Oh, that is heartbreaking. I am so sorry.
Thank you Ginene. It was tough but I am happy now, as I think you can tell
I go for 4 too. How do you get on scanning bw? It can be tricky but you look like you’ve nailed it.
Good to hear from you Alex. 4 is definitely the favourite. Apart from lightening up one of the images a bit, I haven’t really done anything out of the ordinary. My Scanner is V750 PRO; the film was Ilford; the camera probably Olympus OM2. Maybe I was just lucky 🙂
I could go with photo 4. However, I prefer the shapes and angles created by the light and shade in photo 1. Having said that… I’m unsure about the earing in this shot: it would maybe have been better showing full rather than edge on. But I would have like to see it before I made up my mind. Now, if I was making a painting, I could try both!
By the way, do you know roughly where Jessica lost the earing?
X John
PS Empathy over Jackie’s knee problem.
Thanks John, especially for the empathy. No idea where the earring went. A fortune could be made from her odd earrings.