02 AFTER THE SHOW

Everyone has seen many hundreds of pictures of archers at full draw; it is the standard reference shot that non-archers expect to see. The post-shot position, especially for recurves where the bow turns over, has two advantages. First, the face isn't obscured by the hand (or release aid), and secondly at certain angles the bow can give the shot a tighter ‘shape’ to the image. Bow and archer are closer to being one, and the archer is often still intently focused on the target, too. This image of the USA'S Casey Kaufhold in Nimes made the cover of Bow