A woman sitting on an armchair is waiting in a bungalow built around a swimming-pool. It is unclear if she has just arrived or if she is getting ready to leave, but her handbag at her feet indicates that she does not live in this house. The young woman’s tense features, as well as her rigid pose, indicate that a dramatic event has just taken place or will happen. The luxurious decor of the home is nihilist. The cold atmosphere reinforces the feeling of danger and the feminine character appears unduly vulnerable in this unwelcoming environment.

**The artist: Phaedra Brody**

Phaedra Brody is an Australian and Scottish photographer. After studying literature at the Sorbonne, she taught herself photography and chose this medium as a means of expression. Accustomed to travelling, she saw the world as a setting. Each landscape inspires a photograph likely to be filled with one of the fictional characters that she invents. Yet these characters almost seem to forget the world surrounding them. Steeped in thought, they evolve within their wider and deeper inner world.Phaedra Brody has forged a particular style, using a blend of traditional and modern photographic techniques to obtain a result close to painting. Her photographs have been published in the international press and exhibited in France and New York.