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Portrait of Fadila from Morocco
Detail of talented Moroccan fashion designer Fadila AAlouchi holding needle and thread sewed through her "dove logo" that reads "SALAAM" (peace in Arabic) which is written in the doves face. I made the pattern on her dress the symbol of her native Morrocan "Amazign" tribe. The design of her halo is based on traditional middle eastern mosiac patterns and architectural motifs shared by both Muslim and Jewish cultures.
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Pin-up model "Rosie the Riviter"- 'We Can Do It' poster model dies.
Geraldine Hoff Doyle, the model for “Rosie,” a WWII factory worker who implored to other ladies “We Can Do It!,” passed away at 86. As a 17-year-old in 1942, Geraldine was working as a metal presser at a Michigan factory when she was captured on film by a United Press photographer. Without Geraldine’s knowledge, the image for the photo was drawn by graphic artist J. Howard Miller and used by the labor movement.
Eventually 6 million women would heed the call and enter the workforce during the war years.
The image of Rosie the Riveter, became an instant classic and was later adopted by the women’s rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s.
There was also a 1942 song called "Rosie the Riveter" that paid homage to the women who worked during the war. Many women claimed to be the inspiration for Rosie and indeed there were film shorts and photographs that documented the phenomenon of women working on ballistics, airplanes and bombs.
It later became iconic during the feminist movement during the latter half of the century. Doyle said she didn’t know that she had become so famousGeraldine was apparently not aware of the “Rosie The Riveter” poster until the 1980s when she saw her own face staring back at her within the pages of Modern Maturity magazine.
Portrait of Linda
Michael Polarolo commissioned me to make a portrait his lovely wife Linda. His only request was to make her likeness similar to a classic Sofia Loren image set against an Italian village landscape.
Portrait of photographer Sarah Kraus
Photographer Sarah Kraus of Posh portraits posing with vintage Speed o Graphic camera wearing folding reflector flash bulb unit in hair.
Fairy portrait of Elisa.
Always up for a new challenge, Elisa commissioned me to transform her into a Pixie / Fairy.
Here are the results. =)
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