We rarely see manips based on Alice's early MPL series, 'Basic Instinct', which Fossy has employed as a figure source here.
Alexander Lobanov photographed Alice in this studio session on the evening of 10 April 2007, and the pictures were published five weeks later on 14 May.
This pose therefore predates her crucifixion by Makar, by a full ten weeks.
As a crux manip, drawing on this early glamour session, Fossy's picture presents a foreboding image of what would actually occur to Alice two months later.
And Fossy's enigmatic composition contains some surprising elements.
The dark industrial background provides a disturbingly modern contrast with the rough wood of the ancient cross.
The picture is cropped so that we see only half of the cross, which dominates the composition, filling the right hand and upper sections.
As the main subject, Alice is relegated to a submissive position in the lowest area of the picture, her figure drastically cropped to show half of her body, just like the cross.
She looks up with a slightly defiant expression. Immediately overhead, the scarred and splintering timber supports a heavy wreath of industrial barbed wire.
The atmosphere is filled with tension and anticipation...
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