A view that very much reminds of Man Ray's Violon d'Ingrès. However, this image is not a reference to Man Ray per se - if the nivea model was chosen by the Paris agency for her pretty face, according to my dad, her knees were so knobbly that the art director and photographer chose to shoot from behind. Which was also great for the budget, as in those days the standard cost was much less for a rear view than a full frontal!
And so the horse, as horses often do, decided to relieve itself—right on the pristine white carpet. The team frantically tried to scrub the mess away, but with mirrors everywhere reflecting the chaos, their efforts only seemed to multiply the problem. In the end, they resorted to a smoke machine to hide the disaster. And …
