in my mother's bathroom in france. my parents had just bought that house and i had just bought my first real camera, with which i was going to 'take photography more seriously.' it was christmastime and i was really freaked out about buying both the camera and the plane ticket to france. it was the first of many sessions with annabelle. she was about four. she loved it. after that it was, 'let's take pictures, let's take pictures:' a symbiotic relationship from the start.