Robert Longo’s Cindy and Max from his celebrated Men in the Cities series captures two sharply dressed figures suspended in moments of charged motion—caught between poise and collapse. Rendered in meticulous black and white, the drawings distill gesture into pure psychological tension.

Cindy arches back with an almost balletic grace, while Max folds inward, his body twisting as if struck by an invisible force. Together, they embody Longo’s fascination with power, fragility, and the unseen pressures of modern life. The result is both cinematic and timeless - an elegant study of beauty under strain, and one of the most enduring images of 1980s urban anxiety.