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  • James Dean's Hollywood Date Night with future 'Bond Girl' Ursula Andress - Global Images USA
    October 15, 2019

    James Dean's Hollywood Date Night with future 'Bond Girl' Ursula Andress

    James Dean's sexuality is still a highly discussed topic when it comes to old Hollywood mysteries. Friends and family have identified him as "gay", although in past interviews he would deny claims, but not entirely shut them down. It's most likely that Dean's sexuality was more complicated than black and white and it's suspected he identified with being bisexual or something similar. Regardless of his orientation, while in the spotlight he did have a few romances with some of Hollywood's most beautiful women. This includes his short-lived fling with future Bond Girl actress, Ursula Andress...
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  • Hollywood's Oldest Restaurant and Frank Worth By Michael Callahan - Global Images USA
    September 11, 2019

    Hollywood's Oldest Restaurant and Frank Worth By Michael Callahan

    The Secret of Hollywood’s Oldest Restaurant? Don’t Change Anything.
    The gooey sauces, the cured meats, the dashes of marjoram and herbes de Provence—these were the tools of the starched chefs of Paris and New York, their gray mustaches bristly as shaving brushes, theatrically ranting their way through their kitchens...
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  • The History of Helmut Newton: Finding A Life in Paris - Global Images USA
    August 24, 2019

    The History of Helmut Newton: Finding A Life in Paris

    After returning to Paris, now with more permanence, Helmut Newton signed a contract with French Vogue. His home was in the La Marais district, off of a street named Aubriot. It was on that street that he photographed one of his most iconic shots: Rue Aubriot (meaning Aubriot Stere in French), and otherwise titled Le Smoking...

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  • When Frank Worth Met James Dean - Global Images USA
    August 20, 2019

    When Frank Worth Met James Dean

    Frank Worth was an American photographer who befriended and photographed many Hollywood actors and actresses between 1939 and 1964. His black and white candid pictures are unusual for the era, when most stars limited themselves to carefully posed glamour portraits...
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  • What is Silver Gelatin and Why is it Important? - Global Images USA
    August 6, 2019

    What is Silver Gelatin and Why is it Important?

    Until the 1970's, the Silver Gelatin black & white printing method was used almost exclusively by professional photographers. Color printing was used more commonly for commercial purposes. Although this process was the standard among the community, it's a complicated practice, thus it's virtually unused today...
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  • Who was Helmut Newton? - Global Images USA
    July 24, 2019

    Who was Helmut Newton?

    Helmut Newton is regarded to be one of the most prolific and wildly imitated fashion photographers. He was born in Berlin in 1920 to Klara and Max Neustädter, a jewish family. Showing interest in photography early on, he took an apprenticeship with portrait and nude photographer yva in 1936 at the age of 12 and worked two years before leaving Germany in 1938...
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  • Lights, Camera, Fantasy: A Different 'Spike Lee Joint' - Global Images USA
    July 18, 2019

    Lights, Camera, Fantasy: A Different 'Spike Lee Joint'

    Spike Lee's talents go beyond that of film, as shown in Playboy's series: Lights Camera Fantasy. This series featured seven directors who were given instructions (and creative freedom) to style a photoshoot based off of their own fantasies. The influence for Spike Lee's was his very own 1986 film "She's Gotta Have It".
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