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wlewisiii
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I work parttime at a used bookstore. Usually this money is what pays for my camera/film/etc habit. Sometimes, however, wonderful books pass in front of me. This time it was a slim portfolio of 36 images by an essentially unknown Hollywood photographer named Frank Worth. The book is titled "Frank Worth Photographs: A Collection Discovered" put out by Cinemage Limited. There is also a near worthless website at www.frankworth.com
Normally I'm not much on Hollywood style photography, but some of the shots in this volume are just wonderful. The attached portrait of Elizabeth Talor on the set of "Giant" in 1955 is what made me have to buy the book.
There is that certain something to it, for me, that just says perfect. In a real way it's the only time I've seen an image of her that makes me understand why she was considered so desirable then.
As I said it's a small book, but one well worth considering adding to your bookshelf. The RFF connection is that, like most Hollywood photographers he used Graflex cameras.
William
ps, excuse the lousy scan. I ran into some of it's limitations with this one.
Normally I'm not much on Hollywood style photography, but some of the shots in this volume are just wonderful. The attached portrait of Elizabeth Talor on the set of "Giant" in 1955 is what made me have to buy the book.
There is that certain something to it, for me, that just says perfect. In a real way it's the only time I've seen an image of her that makes me understand why she was considered so desirable then.
As I said it's a small book, but one well worth considering adding to your bookshelf. The RFF connection is that, like most Hollywood photographers he used Graflex cameras.
William
ps, excuse the lousy scan. I ran into some of it's limitations with this one.
