In 2001/2002 I was hired to photograph a whole lot of Australian celebrities for a book titled, “Moments of Truth”. Rhonda Birchmore was just one of them. I had flown down to Melbourne to do the shoot, when I have to do these shoots I always panic a bit, as I more often than not dont have very much time, in some cases half an hour has been given to do the shoot only to find you have less than 3 minuets, but that’s another story. In Rhonda’s case we met at her home then went for a walk down the street to see what was available. Street cafe’s are all over the place in Melbourne so that’s what I decided to use. we ordered coffee then I set about capturing the image, there was not much room to move on the pavement so I stood between two parked cars and hand held a 6X7 cm Pentax, Rhonda asked if she should remove her glasses but I said she can keep them on as the sun was low and bright and she would squint too much, that’s when I made this picture, just as she was saying. I love you Nev, other photographers usually ask me to remove them.
