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"Beautiful, Marina. Give me 'shattered,'" the photographer called out, his voice echoing against the cold walls.

To the photographer, she was a silhouette of silk and sharp angles, a "Set 19" in a career of endless sets. But behind the heavy kohl and the structured velvet of the blazer lay the ghost of a girl from a coastal town where the salt air bit at your skin and the only runways were the docks. Marina_Fashion_Model_(Set_19)_00041.jpg

As the flash fired, blinding and white, Marina imagined she was the lighthouse back home. She was standing tall, frozen in a fixed position, casting a brilliant light for everyone else to see by, while she herself remained anchored in the dark, watching the tide go out and wondering if it would ever bring the rest of her back to shore. "Beautiful, Marina