Don't Think So, No (2025)

Digital collage inspired by a photograph of a young woman smoking.

I love, love, love this photo! It just screams teen attitude, but also elegance. I wanted to bring this photo to life with different time layers, so chose modern colours, but also a background image of an old door I took in Cyprus once, at an abandoned house. This way, the model is flying through time while aging not a second.

Original photo (cropped): 'Cigarette Girl' - Model posing for painting by Ben Stahl / Lucky Strike ad, 1947. Florida Memory via Flickr Commons.