Showing posts with label claridge's 1962 Kodachrome. Show all posts
Showing posts with label claridge's 1962 Kodachrome. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Who is the "Girl in Claridge's room"?

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Pssst! <aside> Sorry to have been away from the blog, but we're just catching up on life so my posts haven't been as frequent.
Anyway, since the last post was so popular, I thought I'd toss you another pretty lady picture, but this one I think is beautiful corner to corner as an almost abstract photo. It's superbly just out of focus, the light is soft and diffused: warm and inviting on the left and cooling off to the right. It's elegant and attractive and it was taken at Claridge's of London in 1962 in Kodachrome. I love this image. But what really makes it is that the slide is labeled, "Girl in Claridge's room". So the photographer didn't know the subject? Did he just pop in a random door with his camera? Great title.

I have others from inside Claridge's, I'll do my best to scan them tomorrow. Stay posted.