In areas where gender roles traditionally expect men to initiate sexual encounters, sexting is used by women to
offer nude images to male partners, allowing women greater latitude to instigate sex.
And while Paul's arresting, artful
images offer a fascinating glimpse of the couple's life in France between 1948 and 1954, it's the photos of Julia that are strikingly intimate: Julia kneeling near her cat in the couple's apartment; her
nude silhouette in front of a sunlit window in Florence; Julia talking on the phone, with only her long, outstretched legs visible, but her warm, hearty laugh so easy to imagine.