Th e Inte gral Polaroids Of Jone s Sm ith

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Jone s Sm ith 's w ife , days be fore h e r de ath at th e h ands of pe rson or

pe rsons unk now n.

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An unide ntifie d w om an. Be lie ve d to h ave be e n de stroye d. It is

th ough t th at th e w om an de picte d paid Jone s Sm ith to h ave it burnt a

fe w days afte r it w as tak e n.

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Jone s Sm ith h im s e lf. Th is is be lie ve d to be th e only s e lf-portrait tak e n.

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Th e suns e t ove r More cam be Bay.

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Th e fe rry Ole ande r be fore e m bark ing to O ste nd - w h e re Jone s Sm ith

ofte n h olidaye d.

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Be lie ve d de stroye d by Jone s Sm ith h im s e lf, th row n ove rboard th e

fe rry on w h ich h e w as trave lling to O ste nd. Th e re ason for h is

dis satisfaction w ith th is particluar inte gral Polaroid is unk now n,

th ough Le ah Sh ank s h as ve nture d th at it de picte d th e fe rry on w h ich

h e w as trave lling, a diffe re nt fe rry (Ole ande r) to th at w h ich h e usually

boarde d.

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An unide ntifie d w om an sat on a de ck -ch air in Joh n Sm ith 's k itch e n,

nak e d e xce pt for a plastic glove , a sun h at and one s h oe .

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A copy of 080541627-02 1711 9 273.

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A sundial and som e oak tre e s.

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Th e front door of Jone s Sm ith 's h ous e , from th e ins ide .

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Th e front door of Jone s Sm ith 's h ous e , from th e outs ide .

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Unide ntifie d w om an in a blue dre s s.

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Th e sam e w om an as de picte d in 080541627-02 1711 9 278, nak e d,

touch ing h e r toe s.

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Th e sam e w om an as de picte d in 080541627-02 1711 9 278, and

080541627-02 1711 9 279 , dre s s ing. Initially it w as state d by Julie

Adam s, am ongst oth e rs, th at th e w om an w as actually in th e act of

undre s s ing, and th us pre figure d th e pre vious tw o ph otograph s

te m porally. Th is is re fute d, h ow e ve r, by th e num be r s e q ue nce .

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A close - of a w om an w ith h ack e d, s h ort h air, facing a w all.

Th re e w om e n, nak e d but for k itte n m as k s , stood against a w h ite w all.

Each h olds a black baloon attach e d to a pie ce of string. Th e one on

th e le ft h olds a lit cigar. Th e oth e r tw o e ach h old a glass of w ine .

Th e w om an on th e le ft in th e pre viously m e ntione d im age . Laugh ing,

h olding out h e r h and to Sm ith .

In re fe re nce to th e w om an Sm ith w rote (in pape rs found afte r h is

de ath ): 'AND SH E SPEAKS FRENCH !'

Th e sam e th re e w om e n from th e back , w alk ing dow n a h allw ay. O ne

of th e w om e n (on th e righ t) is look ing ove r h e r s h oulde r. O nly th e

w om an in th e ce ntre is still h olding a black baloon.

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Tw o m e n sat on th e couch in Jone s Sm ith 's front room . Both are

nak e d, e ach e ngage d in th e act of m asturbating th e oth e r. W ritte n

be ne ath th e num be r along th e w h ite space is : 'You scratch m y back I

w ill scratch yours.'

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Th e tow e r at th e s e rvice station ne ar Lancaste r. W ritte n on th e front

is: 'E. Manch e ste r. 6pm .' Th is and 080541627-02 1712 89 51 are th e

only k now n inte gral Polaroids to be annotate d by Jone s Sm ith .

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Unide ntifie d m an and w om an sat on a couch in Jone s Sm ith 's front

room (also de picte d in 080541627-02 1712 89 51). Th e m an is nak e d

from th e w aist dow n.

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Be lie ve d to h ave be e n de stroye d. It is said th at Sm ith h im s e lf burnt

th is particular inte gral Polaroid in a fit of je alousy, th e caus e of w h ich

is unk now n (Je rry K irs h e nbaum h as, m e rcifully, re fraine d from

providing an unsubstantiate d pape r on th is spe cific inte gral Polaroid).

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A ce rtain K.V. Brace w e ll h as te stifie d on num e rous occasions (or as

Patricia Sm ith h as state d, ‘to w h oe ve r w ill liste n’) th at th e de piction is

of h e r, clad only in k nick e rs, dancing in h e r garde n, in O ste nd.

W h ile th e re are ce rtain incons iste ncie s w h e n s e t s ide by s ide – for

instance in a transcription of an inte rvie w conducte d by Ke nne th

Dam ford, date d D e ce m be r 7th 2005, h e state s th at th e ph otograph

w as tak e n in th e afte rnoon; in an inte rvie w for th e local O ste nd radio

station re corde d on th e Fe buary 6th 2006 and broadcast th e day

afte r, th at it w as e arly m orning. Th at th e k nick e rs w orn are blue in no

w ay give s cre de nce to Ge raldine Carro’s supe rstition th at it is th e

sam e w om an de picte d in th e th re e inte gral Polaroid's curre ntly in m y

ow n poss e s s ion (080541627-02 1711 9 278, 080546127-02 1711

9 279 and 080541627-02 1711 9 280). Inde e d, in th e latte r inte rvie w

s h e stre nuously de nie s such a claim .

Ack now le dge m e nts

A. Cre s sw e ll

A. Garre tt

A. Y. Gre gory

G. Morgan

J. Barlow

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