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    • Artist Mariah Robertson photographs a nude model in her studio (Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 11.13.11). Production still from the New York Close Up film A Naked Guy Walks into a Mariah Roberston Photograph. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Wesley Miller.

    • Nude model Bill poses for artist Mariah Robertson in her studio (Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 11.13.11). Production still from the New York Close Up film A Naked Guy Walks into a Mariah Roberston Photograph. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Wesley Miller.

    • Artist Mariah Robertson photographs a nude model in her studio (Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 11.13.11). Production still from the New York Close Up film A Naked Guy Walks into a Mariah Roberston Photograph. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Wesley Miller.

    • Nude model Bill poses for artist Mariah Robertson in her studio (Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 11.13.11). Production still from the New York Close Up film A Naked Guy Walks into a Mariah Roberston Photograph. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Wesley Miller.

    • Nude model Bill poses for artist Mariah Robertson in her studio (Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 11.13.11). Production still from the New York Close Up film A Naked Guy Walks into a Mariah Roberston Photograph. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Wesley Miller.

    • Artist Mariah Robertson with a book of optical illusions in her studio (Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 11.13.11). Production still from the New York Close Up film A Naked Guy Walks into a Mariah Roberston Photograph. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Wesley Miller.

    • Nude model Bill poses with a book of optical illusions for artist Mariah Robertson in her studio (Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 11.13.11). Production still from the New York Close Up film A Naked Guy Walks into a Mariah Roberston Photograph. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Wesley Miller.

    • Dance instructor Ellpetha Tsivicos, artist Mariah Robertson, and nude model Bill rehearse Martha Graham choreography at Triskelion Arts (Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 12.13.10). Production still from the New York Close Up film A Naked Guy Walks into a Mariah Roberston Photograph. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Clair Popkin.

    • Nude model Bill and artist Mariah Robertson rehearse Martha Graham choreography at Triskelion Arts (Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 12.13.10). Production still from the New York Close Up film A Naked Guy Walks into a Mariah Roberston Photograph. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Clair Popkin.

    • Dance instructor Ellpetha Tsivicos and nude model Bill rehearse Martha Graham choreography at Triskelion Arts (Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 12.13.10). Production still from the New York Close Up film A Naked Guy Walks into a Mariah Roberston Photograph. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Clair Popkin.

    • Artist Mariah Robertson and nude model Bill compare legs in the mirror at Triskelion Arts (Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 12.13.10). Production still from the New York Close Up film A Naked Guy Walks into a Mariah Roberston Photograph. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Clair Popkin.

    • Dance instructor Ellpetha Tsivicos, nude model Bill, and artist Mariah Robertson dance with colored gels at Triskelion Arts (Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 12.13.10). Production still from the New York Close Up film A Naked Guy Walks into a Mariah Roberston Photograph. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Clair Popkin.

    • Artist Mariah Robertson hangs a photograph on a clothesline in her darkroom (Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 12.13.10). Production still from the New York Close Up film Mariah Robertson Wears a Yellow Suit to Work. © Art21, Inc. 2011. Cinematography by Clair Popkin.

    • Artist Mariah Robertson with fresh air breathing apparatus in her darkroom (Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 12.13.10). Production still from the New York Close Up film Mariah Robertson Wears a Yellow Suit to Work. © Art21, Inc. 2011. Cinematography by Clair Popkin.

    • Artist Mariah Robertson suits up for working with photography chemistry in her darkroom (Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 12.13.10). Production still from the New York Close Up film Mariah Robertson Wears a Yellow Suit to Work. © Art21, Inc. 2011. Cinematography by Clair Popkin.

    • Artist Mariah Robertson suits up for working with photography chemistry in her darkroom (Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 12.13.10). Production still from the New York Close Up film Mariah Robertson Wears a Yellow Suit to Work. © Art21, Inc. 2011. Cinematography by Clair Popkin.

    • Artist Mariah Robertson works with the lights off in her darkroom (Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 12.13.10). Production still from the New York Close Up film Mariah Robertson Wears a Yellow Suit to Work. © Art21, Inc. 2011. Cinematography by Wesley Miller.

    • Artist Mariah Robertson works with the lights off in her darkroom (Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 12.13.10). Production still from the New York Close Up film Mariah Robertson Wears a Yellow Suit to Work. © Art21, Inc. 2011. Cinematography by Wesley Miller.

    • Artist Mariah Robertson with a handmade pattern of colored gels and the resulting photograph in her darkroom (Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 12.13.10). Production still from the New York Close Up film Mariah Robertson Wears a Yellow Suit to Work. © Art21, Inc. 2011. Cinematography by Clair Popkin.

    • Artist Mariah Robertson aligns a handmade pattern of colored gels and the resulting photograph in her darkroom (Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 12.13.10). Production still from the New York Close Up film Mariah Robertson Wears a Yellow Suit to Work. © Art21, Inc. 2011. Cinematography by Clair Popkin.

    • Artist Mariah Robertson adjust the enlarger with the lights off in her darkroom (Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 12.13.10). Production still from the New York Close Up film Mariah Robertson Wears a Yellow Suit to Work. © Art21, Inc. 2011. Cinematography by Wesley Miller.

    • Artist Mariah Robertson arranges geode slices on photographic paper with the lights off in her darkroom (Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 12.13.10). Production still from the New York Close Up film Mariah Robertson Wears a Yellow Suit to Work. © Art21, Inc. 2011. Cinematography by Wesley Miller.

    • Artist Mariah Robertson develops a photograph in her darkroom (Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 12.13.10). Production still from the New York Close Up film Mariah Robertson Wears a Yellow Suit to Work. © Art21, Inc. 2011. Cinematography by Clair Popkin.

    • Artist Mariah Robertson hangs a photograph on a clothesline in her darkroom (Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 12.13.10). Production still from the New York Close Up film Mariah Robertson Wears a Yellow Suit to Work. © Art21, Inc. 2011. Cinematography by Clair Popkin.

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