You know when one train of thought leads to another that was the case with this photo. I was thinking about the work challenge and thinking maybe I could photograph me doing laundry in a creative way. Then I started thinking about maybe doing an old 1950's type housewife setup which got me thinking of how they used to show wives with bandannas tied around their hair when they worked and ta da! All of a sudden I thought of Rosie the riveter. I looked it up the old posters on my computer and thought hey "I could do that"
Anyway, this is what I came up with I wish the execution was a bit better. But I was the model and after around 200 failed attempts I sort of gave up and went with the best of the worst. Even with its focus and lighting flaws I still really like it, I especially like how I got the colors to match the poster almost spot on. Here is the original poster from 1943 in case anyone is interested.
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Hey Rosie, I voted but somehow didn't leave a comment so here it is. You had a 9 from me for this excellent work. I knew this poster and you did a great job redoing it. The colors are perfect! Congratulations, great shot.
Good job. Here's the back story to that photo. I heard it on the way home from work one afternoon when I couldn't get my preferred station.
Rosie The Riveter Story NPR
This is awesome. I don't have time to vote on them to hit 20% but I wanted to let you know how well done this was. Caught my eye immediately. Great stuff.
Edit: I did vote on more than 20% so it'll stick. 9
We need that B-24 finished in time for tomorrow's raid on Berlin. You can handle that, right? You make a great Rosie, BTW. (No vote, snarky comment only.)
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