This photograph is inspired by Man Ray’s use of stockings to distort his model’s face, imitating a condom. It reinvents a socially tabooed object to scrutinize the human face, creating irony and a grotesque atmosphere. The provocative title plays with religious stereotypes that “condemn” progressive sexuality through an archaic lens. Shadow-instigated hue dissimilitude as well as the contrast between soft and hard light emphasize ambiguous facial expressions and clashing notions.