An image from my first gallery show, "Now You See It, Now You Don't", 1987. It was the first time I had ever shown a male nude in public, and I was nervous. The models were nervous. This one was particularly nervous, and had stipulated that his face not show, and that he not be identified. He was a local public school teacher, and had good reason for his concern, so I agreed.
During the opening, which was going quite well, someone came up to me and said he wanted to buy the photo of Jamie. I stuck to my agreement and told him I was sorry, but I never identified my models, and couldn't tell him which was the photo of Jamie. He said he already knew which one it was; Jamie had told him. He just wanted to buy it. That's when I learned not to second-guess models.
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