Friday, November 27, 2009

Charis Wilson is dead, alas

Edward Weston's most famous model, Charis Wilson, is dead at last, fifty years after the photographer himself. She modeled for many of his most famous nudes.
What a gorgeous woman. And a photographer and writer too she was.





13 comments:

Uncle Ron said...

alas or at last???

Chris S. said...

I wondered the same thing myself and why you had been waiting patiently so long for her to die...

Eolake Stobblehouse said...

You don't want to rush something like that, she was a perfectly nice person.

Uncle Ron said...

That's funny...

Anonymous said...

If you like big asses.

Monsieur Beep! said...

I like her face. That mouth, the eyes, interesting details.

Pascal [P-04referent] said...

No-no-no, Anon: if you want big asses, they're in this post! (And so merrily shaking 'em, too.)

A real loss. That lady was superb. And an accomplished person.
That's always a plus for sexiness in my book.

TC [Girl] said...
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TC [Girl] said...

I watched the Director's blurb on the making of the documentary 'Eloquent Nude'. Very interesting. Shot much of the documentary w/a super 8; some w/HD in Oregon. I had thought it was original footage and had wondered how they had managed to have that much, the re-enactments had been done that well!

Charis was interviewed, twice, and was still quite the pistol in her 90's. :-) A LOT of effort and love went into the making of this documentary. I highly recommend it.

Anonymous said...

There weren't any re-enactments.

TC [Girl] said...

Anon said...
There weren't any re-enactments.

FYI

Anonymous said...

I bet if there are any they're not the least convincing - you're a very stupid person so I bet the rest of us wouldn't be fooled.

If there are any - those links show cutting and pasting - the exact same wording. Standard press shit, like book jacket material. You're very stupid.

Maybe I should try this in your style:

YOU'RE "very" stupid!!!! LOL

Pascal [P-04referent] said...

Aah, Anon Josie RAF, ever the loveable corrosive curmudgeon. LOL
I'm a big fan of House, M.D. myself. I guess there's no accounting for some weird tastes, eh? But I'm proud of my cathodic vices and openly assume them!

STill, being more of a James Wilson type myself, I won't rephrase it in YOUR style. Just a word to the wise: seek treatment, sweetheart. There are very efficient treatments for Social Acrid Rudeness Syndrome (S.A.R.S.) nowadays.

Also, I thought I'd point it out as a favor to you: TC isn't a frightfully fragile sourpuss with an emotional skin as delicate as the Princes & the pea, so you're wasting your bile. And with today's market rates, that's a shameful squandering of natural resources.

(sob) Won't someone PLEASE think of the planet? :,(