image by
August Sander

Tänzerin, Yvonne Estelle, ca.!935
Dancer

What makes this photograph
so different from other studio portraits of this kind?

I am fascinated
by the looks of
this woman,
who,
in my eyes,
has the air of a girl
looking rather grown up.

Friendly eyes,
wide awake,
her smile so delicate,
self-reliant calm.

I simply think she is beautiful.

He made her
glowing,
out of the
shades of grey.