‘Shoes hair and coffee’ by Toni del Renzio ARK 20,
Autumn 1957 Introduced by Giulia Damiani*This text appears in ARK: Words and Images from the Royal College of Art Magazine 1950-1978,
published by Critical Writing in Art & Design at the Royal College of Art.Shoes.
The length of her polka dot dress leaves her ankles and the upper part of her feet exposed. As she walks, her hips move from right to left,
following the rapid pace of her steps. A strip of light starts from her feet, while her heels click on the ‘asphalt jungle’. She is carrying an
orange shopping bag. On her right, another spot, slightly darker, shines. It illuminates a building belonging to the Bata chain
(‘shoemakers to the world’). To which store this woman is taking her feet next is uncertain. Part of a collage of photographs composed in
1957 by David Collins for ARK 20, she is the cover image of ‘Shoes hair and coffee’, an article by Toni del Renzio.
