"Kore" is an an ongoing study of the female nude in black and white. In it I strive to achieve a balance between timelessness and immediacy; the abstract and the sensual; immortal youth and temporal flesh. I wish to make something of beauty. These images are exposed on Fuji Acros 100 film with a Hasselbald 120mm macro lens, printed 14"by14" on fiber-based Forte PolyWarm gelatin-silver paper toned in selenium.