Photography provided a stimulus for Bea Maddock's graphic work, making it possible for her to build complex images quickly. It also enabled her to juggle the scale and position of separate elements before using traditional printmaking techniques to unify the final composition. In Four finger exercise for two hands, her pose intentionally neglects to give specific information about herself. Her face is obscured as she peers into the viewfinder of the camera, centring our attention on her four fingers on the camera's controls. By denying the viewer a comforting, orderly portrayal, the artist sought to stress what she saw as the complicated and incoherent nature of the world around her.