A Japanese Military Commander In Traditional Armor
In 1863, Felice Beato took this photograph. In the first version, the photographer colored it by hand! To focus on the traditional costumes and cultural traditions that he found fascinating, he preferred to shoot full-length portraits in the studio. Vignetting around the edges of his photographs of Japan gave them a more painterly appearance. The subject of this photograph was Koboto Santaro, a military commander. We have no idea what he’s holding in his hand, but we’d stay away from him!
A Japanese Military Commander In Traditional Armor
Sally Field As Gidget
Sally Field’s big break came in 1965 with the film Gidget, in which she played a surfer girl who was always getting herself into trouble. At the time, she was 18 years old. The actress shared, “After the first night of my workshop, a casting guy asked me if I had an agent. I didn’t, but I still went in for an interview. The waiting room was filled with girls who looked like movie stars. They all had professional headshots; the only pictures I had were wallet photos of me with my friends. At my screen test, I walked in and said, ‘Which one is the camera?’ The crew members were like, ‘Oh, boy.’ But the casting director said, ‘You’re it.’ God was looking out for me. He thought he’d throw me in the ocean and see if I could swim.”
Sally Field As Gidget
