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The Art of the Headshot
NPR just ran a delightful story about the new book Holy Headshot! A Celebration of America’s Undiscovered Talent, by Patrick Borelli and Douglas Gorenstein. In it, Borelli and Gorenstein examine the art of the actor’s headshot. From a pool of 50,000 entries, they chose 103 to appear in the book, spotlighting the original, creative, spunky, bizarre, and downright baffling. I mean, what possesses an actor to appear in his headshot covered in rainbow-colored feathers? Or an actress to feature tiny plastic babies crawling across her face? Whatever possesses these people, it makes for a damn hilarious book.
Some other highlights of Holy Headshot!:
- Linda Leven, who “said she came to Los Angeles to be a ballerina, but everyone kept telling her she looked like an actress, so she gave in.”
- Kitten Kay Sera, who posed with her dyed-pink dog Miss Kisses and asserts in her resume that she will only wear pink.
- Ray DeFeis, whose headshots feature him wearing women’s lingerie while holding a cupcake tray.
- Shelley Krawchuck, who posed for her headshots at the beach — while sitting on the crapper!
- Sybil Presley, who prefers the name “The Tennessee Stressbuster”, posing in fabulous rainbow-striped glasses, fringey magenta pillbox hat, and a vest emblazoned with smiley-face flowers.
- Yenz Von Tillborg, whose hair is so spirited (his resume says he is an “innovator in hair concepts”) it deserves its own headshot.
- Brian Costello, the epitome of an anti-GQ model, who landed in, of all things, GQ. He’s actually pretty sexy, and the Snark approves of his views: “I’m an ugly GQ model who follows his dreams and has no aspirations for fame or wealth.” I disagree with the ugly part, but I love the fuck-all attitude. Go, Brian!
- Ushasi Kitchen, my personal favorite, who says on her resume, ”I have dreamed of being a Model/Actress since I was a Lady.” And a Model/Actress you are, Ushasi!
For a sample of headshots appearing in the book, visit NPR’s photo gallery.
For more information, visit the Holy Headshot! website.
Story Source NPR, Holy Headshot!
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