Here's what Brenda and Clint each had to say about their collaboration.

Brenda's words on the project:

I took this picture which was given to me by photographer Clint Weathers to work with. What struck me most was the raw, yet vulnerable, sexuality of the model. That, and oddly, that she appears cold. There are goose-bumps on her legs if you look closely. The contrast between the striking green of her eyes and the red and black veil or cape that drapes down her back.
A million ideas came to mind, from a re-telling of Little Red Riding Hood to working this clearly fantastical being into my usual fare as a writer of hard science fiction. But she herself did not want to go there. Sometimes characters are like that. Perhaps the idea of being inside a cold silver rocket ship is what brought up the goose bumps in the first place.
I chose to work in two mediums and do two pieces that would relate to each other, so what follows is a poem, and a flash fiction story in the language of myth.


Clint has this to say:

To me, there are two kinds of art -- art which shows the world as it is, and art which shows the world as it could be.
As I age, I tend to think of myself less a "photographer" and more a philosopher with a camera. As I explore the ideas of conceptualism and epistemology in photography, I look for places where those lines blur.
This is one of those photographs. It shows a beautiful young woman wearing a red hooded cape. But almost instantly upon looking at the photograph, narratives come to mind -- narratives not back up by any possible exegesis of the photograph. Little Red Riding Hood being the most obvious. Her glance seems predatory and that lends itself to other, darker narratives as well. But again, be careful -- no narrative can be assumed. Even the works of epic narrative photographers (Doisneau comes readily to mind) is posed, set up and "fake."
Having read some of Brenda's work after getting her as my partner, I knew she'd look past the cliched possibilities and go straight for an authenticity that would be unescapable.
Let her words be your guide with my photograph.

Brenda can be found online at www.brenda-cooper.com

Clint can be found online at www.squeenus.com