IN A FIX?.....CALL HARRY HOUDINI

It happens in photography,( David Bailey and Donovan once discussed over lunch how there were literally hundreds of things that could go wrong in photographing fashion) so now youre in a fix, cornered, the location didnt work out, its raining and doesnt look as though its going to stop, youve forgotten a piece of equipment etc etc.

So what do you do? you do what you planned to do if any of these things happen just like Harry Houdini the famous escapologist

Houdini once boasted he could get out of a jail cell that was securely locked. But he had to inspect it first. When he went he took a selection of picklocks with him, (Harry had already tested nearly every lock on the market and made picks for them) as he seemed to be testing the strength of the bars and pretending to see if he could sqeeze through he was really deciding on which pick would pick which lock. He stretched out on the bed to see how hard it was for his 'stay' and at the same time hid a selection of picks as he checked the mattress etc. When he returned he was meticulously shaken down to see if he was bringing anything in but there was nothing, because it was already there. The guard had hardly sat down to read the paper when the phone rang. "Houdini calling". He was out!!!! and there it was the empty cell.

It just illustrates the point by planning ahead and preparing for location changes etc etc You can get out of most fixes just like Harry. Bert Stern had the attitude,'if it cant be done here where can it be done'
Because he'd thought of that beforehand he probably knew the answer.