(one of the many "Under the Dress" series of photographs I have taken over the years for a proposed photo book.

Before the series was completed to my satisfaction, and before I could hook up with a book publisher, someone else beat me to it — either models talk too much, or great minds truly think alike :)

"Omsa, prossimo a nulla"
("Omsa, next to nothing..." — despeckled scanner crop)

Tear sheet (4x5 Ektachrome original) — Omsa pantyhose (Italy)

(smoke and mirrors: printed high contrast through pebbled glass and a #4 screen, masked hose, then copied low con with a #2 diffuser screen)