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These photographs were all taken in the early to mid- Thirties. (One may be even earlier.) A few of the images are quite well-known, others not at all. Among the photographers whose work is represented here are: Clarence Sinclair Bull, Eugene Robert Richee, Edward Steichen, and George Hoyningen-Huene.
The story goes that Gary Cooper had a tendency, in his youth, to greet visitors to his on-set dressing room while completely nude. I doubt anyone complained. A beautiful man.
ReplyDeleteYes, I've heard that, too. And, no, I expect the complaints were - very - few. ; )
DeleteI'm getting 'Clive Owen' in many of those photos. Thanks for sharing images I've never seen. And Shawn, that would be amazing.
ReplyDeleteThe shot of him standing next to the car is fascinating. It looks much less posed and stiff than the others - his tie is all over the place - but the more I look at it, the odder it seems. Cooper looks rugged, as if he was going shooting (there's a hunting rifle in the bottom corner), but the car and the dogs look too urbane for that. With the square format and the off-center composition and the real-world quality it's the most modern-looking image of the lot.
ReplyDeleteThis one looks like a mere snapshot to me, not intended for publication, as the others certainly were. Yes, the content of the image - is - odd; take out the rifle and it's straightforward enough. "Coop" was a big hunter - yuck - so maybe he just stopped somewhere, shooting at rabbits or something. One of the dogs in the picture - definitely not hunting dogs; maybe that's why they're stuck in the car - the non-Poodle-y one, looks to be the second dog he's posed with later in the group.
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