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| Anita Roberts - 1978 |
One of the singular pleasures of my profession as a photographer
is the portrait encore. I first photographed Anita Roberts in 1978. By then I
had purchased a new-fangled (for the time) 6x7 cm medium format Mamiya RB-67. I
used a flash with an umbrella. I had yet to discover the revolutionary Chimera
softboxes. This particular portrait has attitude. This is a word that became
overused by the fashion industry of the time. In a few attempts to become a
fashion photographer I was repeatedly told I lacked attitude. Thanks to
that I became a magazine photographer
specializing in portraiture.
All those years later, just a few days ago, Anita Roberts
again faced my camera. This time around (although I did take some b+w shots
with the venerable Mamiya) she faced my digital Fuji-X-E1.
My Argentine artist friend Nora Patrich is in town and will be here until the end of the month. Anita, Nora and I are working on a colaboración. As Rachel Maddow often says, "Watch this space."
What fun!
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| Anita Roberts - August 2015 |