Art
Deco Girls
George
Glasser
Art
Deco Girls was salvaged from a collection of photographs called
"Brothel Girls" someone gave me thinking it might
have some material I could use for another project. At first
glance, all I saw was deteriorating photographs done by bad
photographers that should have been relegated to the dust bin
of history. However, I hit on one image I liked and by chance,
that lead to the series of images below.
After
looking at literally thousands of photographs on the disk, I
found nine on the disk that I liked because to me, the girls,
although not professional or the 'ideal women' personified an
inherent feeling for the Art Deco era.
I proceeded
to extract the girls, clean-up the images as much as possible,
and then create backdrops that I felt were sympathetic to the
girls and the Art Deco period.
The one
girl I included who wasn't in the "Brothel Girls"
collection was the definitive 'Art Deco Girl,' Josephine Baker.
I hope
you enjoy looking at them, as I am absolutely sure they would
be thrilled to once again have someone's attention because that's
why they posed for the photographs eighty or ninety years ago.
Click
on the images below for an enlarged views in a new window
