Hollywood
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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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Picturing Americans…Insights come from everywhere!
Last Friday, I had the opportunity to participate in a convo, “Picturing Americans,” about Thomas Hart Benton as part of the opening festivities for “American Epics: Thomas Hart Benton and Hollywood” at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass. Thinking about Benton’s relationship to Hollywood and parallels with my research on Carl Van Vechten revealed…
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The Catwalk of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
http://clothesonfilm.com/the-catwalk-of-the-hunger-games-catching-fire/33470/ 15 Nov ’13 When you are costuming the biggest franchise release of the year and creating a capsule range to run alongside it for a major online retailer, it is clear a normal approach to the task is not going to work. Ex-stylist and one time assistant for Michael Kaplan, Trish Summerville, one of…
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Costume Design and Fashion: A Multi-Million Dollar Industry
http://clothesonfilm.com/costume-design-and-fashion-a-multi-million-dollar-industry/31155/
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Egyptomania…encore!
I didn’t have the chance to discuss this photograph of Anna May Wong wearing a hat referencing the one worn by Neferetiti in her famous portrait bust in my recent talk about Egyptomania and fashion — and I don’t even know why Wong was photographed wearing it — but it’s such a great image so…
CAMARA DIA HOLLOWAY 