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Venus Passage
"Deborah Samuel confronts the glitter and glam of LA with her own stark vision."
- Karl-Peter Gottschalk / Black and White Magazine, Australia
![Trace 1991](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fce64d9f16e5f16f94c42f0/1607617368548-40574GI2Y1S35TOSL7NO/trace-crop-u8971.png)
Trace 1991
![Blackout 1991](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fce64d9f16e5f16f94c42f0/1607617470257-90LGMU5XCM7BFWQ1YL8M/blackout-crop-u12863.png)
Blackout 1991
![Blk. Bra 1991](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fce64d9f16e5f16f94c42f0/1607617494318-ATWW8ROY93UY38X7B65Y/blkbra-crop-u12877.png)
Blk. Bra 1991
![Blindspot 1991](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fce64d9f16e5f16f94c42f0/1607617512236-PWL6E77Y09D6PSGIWX3A/blindspot-crop-u12870.png)
Blindspot 1991
As a Fashion Photographer,
I was inundated with questions about ways to fit together the pieces of how one looks and feels.
Deborah Samuel
![Scarlet 1991](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fce64d9f16e5f16f94c42f0/1607967116715-M9822P377EYT7RVTAUOQ/scarlet1640x1640.jpg)
Scarlet 1991
Look inside myself
My response is to look inside myself, to find my own way of putting all the pieces together.
Deborah Samuel
![Backbone 1991](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fce64d9f16e5f16f94c42f0/1607618179333-1KBHD03VSJRUWZCQFP66/backbone-crop-u12856.png)
Backbone 1991
![Swimsuit 1991](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fce64d9f16e5f16f94c42f0/1607618200875-20LVXG7O116K5VEOWIWP/swimsuit-crop-u12905.png)
Swimsuit 1991
![Spotlight 1991](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fce64d9f16e5f16f94c42f0/1607967025622-7CT5GTV8JV4EDRIGZJUC/spotlight1640x1640+copy.jpg)
Spotlight 1991
Deliberate, Profound and Focused
"She is a photographer with a deep understanding of what she is setting out to photograph.
Her work is deliberate and profoundly focused
In turn, this has guided her diverse personal projects into a unified vision.
There is a very real sense that she is exposing “what was” in order to see “what is.”
- Steven A. Heller / Black and White Magazine, USA .
![Scar 1991](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fce64d9f16e5f16f94c42f0/1607618346169-AMMW04RX2Z57OG2GWCBZ/scar-crop-u12891.png)
Scar 1991
![The Dam 1991](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fce64d9f16e5f16f94c42f0/1607618373964-VZN4UO3TBP95JRLQVNFF/the+dam-crop-u12912.png)
The Dam 1991
![Autobody 1991](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fce64d9f16e5f16f94c42f0/1607618406108-BDWAB60Z3V4JLM5XHBWM/autobody-crop-u12849.png)
Autobody 1991
![Venus Passage 1991](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fce64d9f16e5f16f94c42f0/1607618421661-PFIE90S19G0D5YUZTTNA/venus+passage-crop-u12926.png)
Venus Passage 1991
![Thin Skin 1991](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fce64d9f16e5f16f94c42f0/1607966875928-Z7GJ93WU346G5TP4HAU2/thinskin1640x1640.jpg)
Thin Skin 1991
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Skeleton 1991
![Little Man 1991](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fce64d9f16e5f16f94c42f0/1607618674070-WQ14H9Q3XSDBB75VRCQE/little+man-crop-u12884.png)
Little Man 1991