Stacey Baker: New York Legs Brand_Energizer and Christopher Williams

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Stacey Baker: New York Legs Brand_Energizer and Christopher WilliamsFor the past three years, Stacey Baker has been photographing womens legs in New York City and posting the pictures on Instagram, where she has over 75,000 followers. The women are strangers she meets on the street who agree to pose in front of a nearby wall. Only their legs are visible in the frame: She always frames them so the subject is cut off at the waist. She rigorously stages these photographs, asking the muse to stand in front of a gritty,