“It was much more based on merit and hard work and seemed more of an honest approach; the money they had was the money they made; that was our criteria,” Woods said about the subjects. Over a two-year period, Woods and Michel took about three trips to Russia, spending a few weeks at a time building up the portfolio they eventually called “Nouvelles Russes.” The portraits in the series are elaborate and filled with so much information they appear to be almost staged, but Woods said nothing is further from the truth.
Sursa: Slate, PaoloWoods.net