Original photograph by German photographer Stefanie Schneider (*1968) Shells and Impact (Wastelands) - 2003, (published in the monographs 'Stranger than Paradise', and 'Wastelands') 20x20cm, Edition 4/10, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist Inventory No. 1188.14. Not mounted. Reality with the Tequila: Stefanie Schneider’s Fertile Wasteland by James Scarborough “How much more than enough for you for I for both of us darling?” (E. E. Cummings) Until he met her, his destiny was his own. Petty and inconsequential but still his own. He was cocksure and free, young and unaccountable, with dark hair and aquiline features. His expression was always pensive, a little troubled, but not of a maniacal sort. He was more bored than anything else. With a heart capable of violence. Until she met him, she was pretty but unappreciated. Her soul had registered no seismic activity. Dustbowl weary, she’d yet to see better days. A languorous body, a sweet face with eyes that could be kind if so inclined. Until she met him, she had not been inclined.