She Was Born

She was born, I was already 12 years old with a camera and a burgeoning desire to stage my own photo shoots. This muse entered my life, at first passive, unassuming; then, participating, opinionated, a contributing creator. Later she would claim I turned her into my puppet, only agreeing to pose half-heartedly for quickie snapshots. Different characters occupy the series over the years: child-nymph, survivor of a chemical-biological threat, child of divorce, teen punk, world traveler, soldier. In all of them - my sister