The women who intrigued me [as models] had the most beautiful necks and the most responsive hand movements. At one point, I found El Greco, and that elongated look became my way of seeing.
Lillian BassmanLong necks. The thrust of the head in a certain position. The way the fingers work, fabrics work. It's all part of my painting background.
Lillian BassmanIt was sexually a very different thing when [the models] worked with men. They felt a charge... I caught them when they were relaxed, natural, and I spent a lot of time talking to them about their husbands, their lovers, their babies.
Lillian Bassman