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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
A portrait of Louise Brooks
A portrait of Louise Brooks by M.I. Boris (circa 1925/1926)
The texture on this image is amazing, do you think it was the original paper the print was made on or retouching on the negative. I'm assuming this is a Paramount publicity portrait?
The texture on this image is amazing, do you think it was the original paper the print was made on or retouching on the negative. I'm assuming this is a Paramount publicity portrait?
ReplyDeleteThe angle of her face doesn't match where it joins her neck. It almost looks like they cut-and-pasted her head on another picture of her body.
ReplyDeleteThe negatives were etched by the photographer, as I understand it.
ReplyDeleteWell look who's here
ReplyDeleteLulu's back in town
http://dryden.eastmanhouse.org/films/it-pays-to-advertise-and-white-woman/
My, my, my...yes, yes, yes