Frankly, the pictures in the book are terrible (there, I've said it!) and do nothing for my enlightenment. I cannot delineate relationships from the words or the pictures.
Dave,
You are not the first to be frustrated with "the pictures." However,you may find it helpful to remember that Homer intended each photograph to bestudied only in relation to the point under discussion. For example, ifthe subject was "Right Anchor," then the only point to be observedwas the bent right Knee. Everything else was irrelevant; in fact, any other"correctness" was incidental, e.g., the model could be standing onher head, and if the right knee was bent, the picture's purpose was served.
Yes, the pictures were obviously (but purposefully!) posed. That tact was takenin order to insure that the detail being discussed was illustrated exactlyas intended. As Homer would say, "I couldn't pay attention to each andevery detail in each and every picture." Taken from that point of view, itmade no difference whether the person in the photo was a man or a woman, worecowboy chaps or a hoop skirt, or was armed with a golf club or a hockey stick.What was important was that the detail be precisely illustrated. Andthat is exactly what Homer was able to do, even given the liability of workingwith a model who never struck a golf ball in her life!
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