Drawing from high-end European fashion magazines, Vikky Alexander’s early experiments with rephotography are key examples of 1980s appropriation. Unlike Richard Prince, whose work often examines tropes of masculinity, Alexander is interested in how women view other women. The source for St. Sebastian is an image of a reclining female model—glistening with perspiration and wearing a strapless black bathing suit—that Alexander photographed from a fashion magazine using a 35mm camera and a simple copy stand.