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Anna May Wong and Cross-Racial Masquerade
The Chinese-American star, Anna May Wong, regularly appeared in films in roles that were non-Asian but always racialized. I am currently obsessed with how often imagery linked her with blackness, as in this Paramount Studio photograph by Eugene Robert Richee:
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Desperately Seeking Photographer
I have been unable to identify the photographer of the following portrait of Anna May Wong. It was likely taken in 1934 when Wong was starring in a film tltled Chu Chin Chow, aka Ali Baba Nights. If anyone knows, please let me know using the comment field or email me at camara.holloway@icloud.com
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The Pathé Fashion Archive
Originally posted on Fashion, Textile & Costume Librarians: This is a very nice and very shareable collection of (very short) film footage of fashion related items from the British Pathé archives. Of the 76 films that have been uploaded until now, the oldest dates back to the 1890s and the newest was made in 1970.…
CAMARA DIA HOLLOWAY 