Wednesday, 9 October 2013

The days before digital: New photo exhibition captures the essence of the ...


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A photographer who spent the early 1970s snapping Hollywood’s most famous figures on the red carpet is now showing his collection for the first time and proving that celebrities were truly glitzier and more glamorous in the days before digital.


In Red Carpet Press Pass, Robert Cumming portrays a Tinseltown that predates Photoshop and Botox, one where celebrities had only their magnetism and star quality to help them stand out on the red carpet.


It was also a world where red carpets themselves were hardly the daily affair they are today. ‘By devious means,’ Cumming writes, he was able to get a toehold in the then-exclusive paparazzi world, ‘concluding with two Golden Globes and two Academy Award ceremonies.’


‘Forty years later, awakening in a new millennium, the medium of the digital print is a better way of displaying this work,’ writes Cumming. His photo exhibition—only one of which has been seen in print before—is showing at Janet Borden Inc. in New York City.


Cumming’s photos put 1970s glamor on full display and force viewers to wonder if today’s dime a dozen Kardashian style celebrity world can possibly stand up to the Hollywood enchantment of yesteryear.


Days before digital: Robert Cumming


Days before digital: Robert Cumming’s Red Carpet Press Pass collection shows Hollywood glitz as it can only come through on film, a world before infinite hard drive space when a special shot like this of Dionne Warwick really meant something



Special: In Cumming


Special: In Cumming’s 1970s, red carpets weren’t the dime a dozen events they are today. When big names of the day like John Travolta came out, people paid attention




‘By devious means,’ Cumming writes, he found his way into the paparazzi world, one that would not recognize the troubled starlet chasing celebrity photographers of today. Here, Barbra Streisand his helped out of a limo



Before Lady Gaga: The glamor of the 1970s also included singer Cher dressed as a Native American princess during her Half Breed days


Before Lady Gaga: The glamor of the 1970s also included singer Cher dressed as a Native American princess during her Half Breed days



Camaraderie: In 1977, Rocky won the Academy Award for Best Picture, though writer and star Sylvester Stallone did not take home an Oscar of his own. Here, he feigns like he did along with some cohorts who actually won statues


Camaraderie: In 1977, Rocky won the Academy Award for Best Picture, though writer and star Sylvester Stallone did not take home an Oscar of his own. Here, he feigns like he did along with some cohorts who actually won statues



Ceremony: Cumming caught on film the glamor at two Golden Globe ceremonies and two Academy Awards. Here, Faye Dunaway holds the Oscar after being names the best actress for 1976


Ceremony: Cumming caught on film the glamor at two Golden Globe ceremonies and two Academy Awards. Here, Faye Dunaway holds the Oscar after being names the best actress for 1976′s Network



Shade: Puffing on a cigarette, living legend Jack Nicholson. has trouble blending into the crowd in dark sunglasses and characteristic smirk


Shade: Puffing on a cigarette, living legend Jack Nicholson. has trouble blending into the crowd in dark sunglasses and characteristic smirk



Shining: Farrah Fawcett was a megastar in the dazzle days of 1970s Hollywood and had the gold lame dresses to prove it. Fawcett died from cancer in 2009


Shining: Farrah Fawcett was a megastar in the dazzle days of 1970s Hollywood and had the gold lame dresses to prove it. Fawcett died from cancer in 2009



Never before seen: Only this image of Richard Burton has been publicly shown before, and was only included in a portfolio with other California photographers


Never before seen: Only this image of Richard Burton has been publicly shown before, and was only included in a portfolio with other California photographers



Ambiance: In Cumming


Ambiance: In Cumming’s Hollywood days, even future presidents attended Tinseltown galas. Here, the Gipper arrives to a star-studded event




‘Forty years later,’ writes Cumming, ‘awakening in a new millennium, the medium of the digital print is a better way of displaying this work.’ Here, Mary Tyler Moore shows beams in her 70s glamorous style



Here, Olivia Newton John poses for a photo while Cumming takes her photo while posing. This sort of behind-behind the scenes look at Hollywood was far less common than in today


Here, Olivia Newton John poses for a photo while Cumming takes her photo while posing. This sort of behind-behind the scenes look at Hollywood was far less common than in today’s industry



Stars: Here, Mae West gushes to a gentleman friend. Many of the celebrities of Cumming


Stars: Here, Mae West gushes to a gentleman friend. Many of the celebrities of Cumming’s Hollywood are revered as legends today, with not a reality star in sight



Confidence: Here, Kirk Douglas displays the machismo of a true Hollywood patriarch. Cumming writes that his main interest as a photographer living in the Golden State was anything


Confidence: Here, Kirk Douglas displays the machismo of a true Hollywood patriarch. Cumming writes that his main interest as a photographer living in the Golden State was anything ‘peculiar to California.’ This includes Hollywood, of course



Cult actress, one time stripper and John Waters muse Liz Renay appears in Cumming


Cult actress, one time stripper and John Waters muse Liz Renay appears in Cumming’s collection, amid more notable stars



The cuts of the dresses, the plush chinchilla coat, and the gentleman


The cuts of the dresses, the plush chinchilla coat, and the gentleman’s tie mark this photo as classically 1970s












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MgoBlue2012,


West Monroe,


1 hour ago


“the gentleman” in the last photo is none other than Robert Blake who played “Baretta”. As for Ronald Reagan being there, let’s not forget that he was a Hollywood star before he was a President of the US.





Lydia,


Toronto ON Canada,


2 hours ago


Why did you have to ruin it with Ronald Reagan? Yuck.





someone,


somewhere,


1 hour ago


He was a huge Hollywood star – he, his wife and his ex-wife.





Sleepless,


Sacramento, United States,


2 hours ago


Kate Moss is a dead ringer for Faye Dunaway.





sexybunnie19,


los angeles,


2 hours ago


Great times in Hollywood and music. When “real” talent existed.





Red,


Texas, United States,


4 hours ago


wow, Cher could not dress up as an Indian now, she would be run out of Hollywood for being so politically incorrect.





MangeTout,


Petit Pois,


5 hours ago


If only we could go back to those days.





May,


Glasgow, United Kingdom,


5 hours ago


Farah Fawcett was just gorgeous!





tangerinedream,


Dry Heat, United States,


5 hours ago


Or if their were boob jobs, like Farah, they were normal size breasts, not gigantic ones.





Hub,


Oreogn, United States,


4 hours ago


Naughty ! I thought Farrah was more “discrete” !! Kinda shocked !





its here,


darlington, United Kingdom,


5 hours ago


The women then were so much more beautiful than todays. Now they have to put their assets on show, and the clothes, makeup, hair all look harsh and hard. You all laugh at the big hair, but it looks very sexy when done properly, Every woman in those photos above looks stunning. maybe its just me getting old, but not one of them above is out of their head on booze, vulgar or letting it all hang out for show. Farrah Fawcett and Faye Dunaway were absolutely stunning in their day.





Real World,


Universe, United States,


6 hours ago


Wow, stars had lines and wrinkles then.





Alyssa,


California, United States,


2 hours ago


They weren’t filled with fillers or botox , that’s why. Der.



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