This photographic image is undoubtedly about décolletage. To be sure, décolletage is the upper part of a woman's torso, between her waist and neck, comprising her neck, shoulders, back and chest, that is exposed by the style of her clothing. However, the term is most commonly applied to a neckline which reveals or emphasizes cleavage. Low-cut necklines are a feature of ball gowns, evening gowns, leotards and swimsuits, among other fashions. Although décolletage does not itself prescribe the extent of exposure of a woman's upper chest, the design of a décolleté garment takes into account current fashions, aesthetics, social norms and the social occasion when a garment will be worn.

Décolletage ©2010 Eric Hatheway All Rights Reserved

This image was recorded on an Apple iPhone 4 (5 Megapixel) using the software application called Hipstamatic. It uses the iPhone's camera to allow the user to shoot square photographs, to which it applies a number of software filters in order to make the images look as though they were taken with an antique analog camera. The user can choose among a number of effects which are presented in the application as "lenses", "films" and "flashes". Hipstamatic is part of a "retro" trend in photography, which has seen a rise in the popularity of cheap and technically obsolete analog cameras (such as Lomography and Polaroid instant cameras), as well as software filters and smart phone software that emulate such cameras.