This type of studio prop was over-used to the point of killing it back in the 70 and 80's Virtually every studio had a big wicker chair. And we, our small little space that we rent, a converted showroom in an old garage that allows us to control light and store some of our gear without having to pack it up everytime we use it and bring it home to our closet, has this over-sized chair in it and we are actually using it. I don't know if we've really used it like it was used in the 70's, but I do like to shine lights through it to create mysterious lighting and shadows and a few times have used it as a chair itself to pose a client on. Janae had this red hair awhile back so I wanted to do a red on red picture of her for a client who wanted pictures of Janae with one of their quilts to use for another design for a quilt. We did most of the shots without the chair, but to give Janae a break from posing we did some seated shots. I have a shoot coming up in March and was thinking of using the chair in that shoot both as a chair prop and as a lighting element--we'll see. I am glad to have the chair though! SayerMotter Photographs by Richard Sayer