Picture of a Go-Between

Grant McLennan photo by John Nixon, Brisbane, 1981

"When the rain hit the roof/With the sound of a finished kiss/like when a lip lifts from a lip/I took the Wrong Road round"

LoneLady This Christmas

I really like this picture. It's of a musician from Manchester, who's on Warp Records.

The grain of her suit and the shadows from her collar are both really important to its success. She's expressionless, which makes a change in a photograph meant to be seen by lots of people to 'promote' your music. No pouts, no scowls, no grins, no intensity - just light falling on the upper body of another person.

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