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Janet Russek: The Tenuous Stem Milagros and Charms A do-everything oil for everyThe poignancy and promise of the life cycle informs JANET RUSSEKs long term photographic project, The Tenuous Stem. In 1989, Eliot PorterRusseks mentor and friendgave her a monorail camera. The camera was too unwieldy for anything but studio work, and although she has always worked with 4 x 5 cameras, she set up still lifes for the first time in 1993 to use it. Utilizing only natural light she started photographing ripe squashes, peaches, and pears,