A shade of red

the long version

"Photographer Alyson Fox approached 125 women, most of whom had never before had their portrait taken, and asked them to pose for her with one condition: each must wear Revlon's Certainly Red lipstick. The resulting photographs lovingly capture each woman's individual beauty and passion. At once a thought-provoking examination of female identity and a visual pleasure, A Shade of Red explores how women sometimes reveal their true selves by putting a face on for the camera"--