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I have had a love of the classic Hollywood movies from the 1940's onwards, watching the movies in black and white on television not knowing how much they would influence my photography. I went to the an exhibition of work of CS Bull at Wolverhampton it was great to see the publicity stills of Garbo, Elizabeth Taylor, Gary Cooper and other greats close up. I subsequently bought books by Bull and his contemporaries all of them out of print but available through the internet. The image I have posted is of Josie a young model who is a big fan of Elizabeth Taylor and was in tune to what of what I was trying to achieve during the shoot. While the strong contrast I have gone for will not please a lot of people I believe it to be in keeping of the style.
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