Tom Hunter Bettina Grossman And just like much still-life

And just like much still-life painting

with champagne to hand

she creates a kind of psychological shock

raised bands on spine and gold gilt page block

Tom Hunter Bettina Grossman And just like much still-lifeFirst Edition Hardcover Condition, As New About In 1998, the London based artist Tom Hunter was awarded the John Kobal Photographic Portrait Prize for Woman Reading a Possession Order, an image of a young woman standing at a window reading an eviction notice with a baby at her side. This work, part his Persons Unknown series, directly references Vermeer's A Girl Reading at the Open Window, using both its composition, color and play of light to produce