couple on the beach, the woman in the studio. at that moment she looks up from the book. she looks up at the camera. at that moment her eyes pierce the lens. he presses the shutter. it opens, and in that moment her eyes are inside the camera. she has entered the camera. she is folded over, flipped upside down, slightly sideways, pressed against the film. her eyes are pressing into the film. the film is reading her, flipped upside down, slightly sideways, hair tumbling. this is how it happens: the film stops wandering. it is reading her. she is reaching down from a gray chair, one leg curling above, 