"Bring me, please, a tiny, tiny shot of crème de cassis.
Even so, it is impossible to anticipate the courses, either in appearance or flavor: "two little soups" gives no clue to the artful presentation nor to the unexpected flavor contrasts of first, cold leek and potato soup on soft slivers of jellied eggplant, in a tiny shot glass, plus a creamy puree of avocado topped with a dollop of salty caviar in a delicate ceramic bowl.
"You drink a tiny shot with a bitter, sour taste," recalls Butler.
One could be easily forgiven, in fact, for forgetting that the city's most ubiquitous import — the cafecito window, where locals of all persuasions converge to down tiny shots of strong, sugary coffee — has not been a fixture here for as long as the sand or the sun.
Then there are shots of Canadian model Jessica Stam smiling through a tiny set of fangs, and designer Gareth Pugh in a knitted American football kit.
A long shot of a tiny house nestled next to a stream and woods suggests a peaceful picture, a tranquillity that is almost immediately upended by the sight of filthy, bedraggled, armed men emerging from the forest, dropping quietly out of the thicket in small dribbles like some kind of newly awakened primordial force.
There's also a tiny bit of shooting done in a studio to suggest the experience of listening to the tapes themselves, and these brief shots come closest to capturing the thrill of discovering the recordings.
Some photographers go so far as to use the mirror lock, which stops the mirror in the camera from flipping up when the shot is taken, eliminating a tiny source of potential vibration.
The cover had a bright yellow background; a few coverlines placed on punk-style tiny badges; and a sidelong shot of a girl fully clothed, torn across the middle so you could see the side of her bare backside.
The best work is the most straightforward and includes Barbara Bosworth's almost impossibly tender shot of an indigo bunting, a tiny concentration of cerulean nestled in a woman's hand.
