Perfect Match, Babbette's Bordello is a mixed-media project reimagining a nineteenth-century product: small, thin, tapered candles sold in matchboxes, which became infamously known as brothel timer matches due to the beautiful women depicted on them for advertising purposes. The nature of the candles was intended to light other candles in one's house, as a regular wood match would burn too quickly. Since the candles were so small, they melted much quicker than a regular candle, which fed into the myth that those candles were meant to keep track of how long a client would have with a woman in a bordello. Although this was not the actual purpose of the candles, and there is no historical evidence to suggest that they were used in this manner, the story remains believable to many. Perfect Match, Babbettes’s Bordello expands on the concept of a ‘photo as an object’ and its role in visual culture.