Bodies in Abstract Photographs and text by Ernestine RubenView Images Bodies in Abstract Ernestine Ruben plays with shadow, light, cropping and framing to create dizzying abstract plastic space. Ernestine Ruben is a new personal hero of mine. We met a few months ago while we were both reviewing photographer’s portfolios in Bratislava, Slovakia, and we became fast friends. She then invited me to participate in a workshop she was conducting. Her way of working, and the results she achieves, made me a fan for life. There is a playfulness in her images that draws the viewer in, and demands