The Body

Sara Frazzetta by Tatyana Kudryashova

Sara Frazzetta is photographed by Tatyana Kudryashova in a black-and-white poolside swimwear series shaped by the model's ballet training.

Sara Frazzetta by Tatyana Kudryashova
Sara Frazzetta reaches for a thatched palapa umbrella on tiptoes in a bikini, silhouetted against a pale sky, photographed by Tatyana Kudryashova.
Sara Frazzetta leans over the edge of a pool with arms outstretched, shot from above in a bikini, photographed by Tatyana Kudryashova.
Close detail of water droplets on skin and swimwear at the waterline, photographed by Tatyana Kudryashova.
Sara Frazzetta rests her arms on the pool ledge, viewed from above with light refracting through the water, photographed by Tatyana Kudryashova.
Sara Frazzetta stands beneath a thatched umbrella beside a pool, photographed from behind by Tatyana Kudryashova.

Tatyana Kudryashova photographs Sara Frazzetta at a private poolside. Shooting in black and white strips the location of its vacation-brochure associations and turns it into something more structural. Frazzetta, a trained ballerina and freelance model, infuses classical influences into every frame: the arched reach toward the umbrella, the extension through the feet, the way she holds a line. Kudryashova works with that instinct rather than directing against it.

The sequence alternates between full-body silhouettes and tight, almost abstract body compositions. One frame isolates nothing but wet skin, bikini straps and the surface tension of pool water. Another pulls back far enough to make Frazzetta a figure inside an architectural frame. The swimwear functions not only as a garment but as a graphic element against her skin. Kudryashova's decision to shoot the whole set in monochrome forces the eye toward form, texture and tonal range.

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Sara Frazzetta by Tatyana Kudryashova

Sara Frazzetta by Tatyana Kudryashova

Sara Frazzetta is photographed by Tatyana Kudryashova in a black-and-white poolside swimwear series shaped by the model's ballet training.

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