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050 00 $aTR681.F3$bP75 1997
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100 1 $aPrince, Len,$d1953-
245 10 $aAbout glamour /$cLen Prince ; introduction by
Dominick Dunne.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bSimon & Schuster,$cc1997.
263 $a9711
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520 $aIn 1994, Len Prince started photographing
contemporary stars of stage and screen in a style
reminiscent of Hollywood golden-era movie stills of the
twenties, thirties, and forties - a sensibility not seen
since the legendary photographs of Jean Harlow, Joan
Crawford, Gary Cooper, and Marlene Dietrich were taken by
the Hollywood lensman George Hurrell. Len Prince set up his
vintage Deardorff 8" x 10" camera in the legendary Chateau
Marmont hotel in Hollywood and photographed contemporary
stars such as Drew Barrymore, Sarah Jessica Parker, Joan
Chen, Joe Mantegna, Illeana Douglas, Jack Lemmon, and Martin
Sheen in poses, costumes, and settings as far removed from
their current-day personae as to render them almost
mysteriously unknowable. In these smoldering black-and-white
virtuoso portraits, Len Prince has created a modern-day
golden era and a startling photographic tour de force.
520 8 $aIntroducing readers to Len Prince's ninety
hypnotic, quadratone photographs is writer Dominick Dunne.
Evoking the allure of this retro glamour era of Prince's
photographs, Dunne recounts his early fascination with movie
stars like Paulette Goddard and Jean Harlow; his firsthand
account of Hollywood parties with Marilyn Monroe, Judy
Garland, and Spencer Tracy; the end of the studio system and
the decline of Hollywood royalty; and his 1996 photo shoot
for Vanity Fair in Len Prince's studio.
650 0 $aCelebrities$xPortraits.
650 0 $aPortrait photography.
650 0 $aGlamour photography.
