Amateur photographer Eugen Gerbert’s favorite model was Gerti, his wife of many years. Countless vacations and happy domesticity are documented for posterity. The decades of seemingly commonplace marriage flow by; all the while, Gerbert meticulously photographs his beloved’s body, dressed and undressed. Through a photographer’s eyes, however, this ordinary woman becomes a goddess of femininity. Charmingly, his appreciation for his muse seems to have increased as she aged. Ultimately, Gerti’s nakedness turns the pictures into aesthetic objects on the theme of womanhood. The photographer’s notes and diaries, read aloud, have a deadpan quality, in contrast to the sensuality of the images.  NK