This is the kind of beach where the water shifts three shades of blue between the shoreline and the horizon. Darcy Spinks moves through a handful of frames in a pale pink ribbed bikini and a white crochet bandeau that's even worn briefly as a headscarf. Cassandra Crane shoots the sequence on film, the grain holding the warmth of a Bali afternoon better than any digital file would. Sand sticks to the Aussie's skin, her hair drying salt-stiff.
Darcy is Melbourne-based with a farm-girl upbringing, which probably explains her charisma in front of the camera. She kneels in the sand, tips her face up to the sun, glances back over one shoulder, laughing into the lens more than she poses for it. Near the end, she ties the crochet piece around her head as a kerchief and folds her arms across her chest. Cassandra works as Rama Visuals out of the Sunshine Coast and travels regularly to Bali — and the shoot reads exactly like that itinerary: coastal and unhurried and made in a familiar place.
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