No Speed Bumps

The Perfect Angle on the Bush !

The quest for the perfect bush shot is over! It was achieved in the 1960's by Richard Bennett in 'Les Demi-Dieux' ('The Demi-Gods'):


The angle's down the body so there's none of those really distracting body bits fighting for the viewer's attention. Better still, as here, when the torso's faceless and the bush has considerable volume.

I like the way the photographer has figure in a reverse of the usual orientation to the lens - head to the bottom, crotch at the top. And has the nearly overhead light catch the high points of the forms of the reclined body - the fronts of the thighs, the washboard of the stomach, the pecs and the left shoulder and arm.

And, from the set up of the figure and the reverse of the usual orientation to the lens, the way the eye is lead 'up' (i.e. down) the torso to the fully lit bush. Or if the eye is moving along the upper left arm and round and 'down' (i.e. up) the forearm, or if it is traveling up the right thigh towards the viewer ... every way leads to the off-centre crotch.

All of this is more powerful in that the body is not too manicured and gym manufactured.

A great photo!