In 2003 I asked a group of fourteen-year-olds, 4 girls and 2 boys, to pose for me in ways they believed 'a couple looks'. Cool and confident on the one hand, blushing and insecure on the other, these young teens dealt with role-play and how people view, construct and present themselves, only to have these delicate constructions betrayed by body language and emotion.

Subsequently, first in 2005 and again in 2007, I asked the original participants to pose once more as they believed 'a couple looks'. But in the years following the 2003 shoot some difficult relationship issues had developed between the individuals in this first group and they did not wish any close contact with one another. In fact they were not all even willing to be in the same room together.

Therefore the ensuing two series, Teen Couples II and Teen Couples III, focus on a few of the original participants in relationship with new friends presenting different forms of confidence and insecurity, self-presentation and sexual awareness.