Looking Up
15 January 2018
Hannah Pierce descends an outdoor staircase between narrow cream walls, one hand trailing the plaster, her raven-black hair swinging like a silk pendulum with every step. She wears a grey marl SportFX sports bra with a bold black-and-red logo band and matching grey leggings that mould to her athletic legs, white trainers bright against the terracotta risers behind her. The angle is pure Looking Up: the camera placed low, gazing skyward as Hannah towers above, her dark eyes locked downward with the kind of self-assured intensity that pins you in place. Her white-tipped nails graze the waistband of the leggings, drawing your eye to her taut, caramel stomach and the dramatic curve from her waist to her wide, sculpted hips. She turns against the wall, the grey fabric stretched tight across her generous backside, the stairway framing her like a corridor leading somewhere you very much want to follow.
The sports bra lifts away and Hannah stands bare-chested on the steps, her pert breasts catching the warm overhead light, one foot propped on a higher riser as the leggings begin their slow descent over her hips. She leans into the stairwell wall, topless and smouldering, her ink-black hair a dramatic curtain against her golden-brown skin, the narrow passage amplifying every angle and shadow. The leggings bunch around one thigh as she pauses mid-undress, a black thong visible at her hip, the composition tight and cinematic. Looking Up delivers exactly what the title promises: a perspective that makes Hannah look like the most powerful woman in the world, elevated, commanding, and impossibly beautiful against the simple geometry of brick and plaster. It is a fittingly striking finale to a collection that celebrates confidence in all its forms.