Friday, February 9, 2018

The Beauty of Retrospect, February Model Edition: Karen Graham

The first four photos in this post depict Estée Lauder modeling legend Karen Graham, whom I last featured here in April 2017, as you normally would have seen her before she faced the camera.


They're photos are from an ad for Estée Lauder Lauder's Swiss Age Controlling Skincare Program, showing how and why to use the product.  The pictures suggest Ms. Graham getting herself ready to look glamorous.


She must have realized that you don't need to look serious when you're applying skin cream, hence the two photos below.


The picture above shows her smiling slyly as if she knows that photographing a woman while she's moisturizing her face is a joke, and of course she's in on the joke.  But the photo below is a real hoot, because it shows her playfully acknowledging the joke! :-D


I love you too, Karen. :-)

There's no joke about Karen Graham's timeless beauty, though, and her unique look - the result of her bright eyes, her sweet smile, and her uniquely shaped nose - is what made her a legend, as evidenced below.


As a model, she could be vivacious, or soft, as seen below, like the roses in her hands.


She never really needed to be photographed while giving herself a beauty treatment to project intimacy and familiarity. :-) 

No comments: