Maya Angelou Performing c1957 is a painting by Melvin Hale ArtistLA which was uploaded on September 27th, 2010.
Title
Maya Angelou Performing c1957
Artist
Melvin Hale ArtistLA
Medium
Painting - Digital Painting From A Vintage B&w Photograph
Description
Vintage like you've never seen it.
Poet, educator, historian, author, playwright, singer, actress, civil rights activist, producer, director Maya Angelou, age 29.
Caption: "A barefoot favorite of calypso devotees, plays havoc with an original African number in NYC."
B/W courtesy LOC
During this time, she had her first album (Calypso) and her first movie role, Calypso Heatwave.
Melvin Hale (ArtistLA), an award-winning digital artist, uses vintage black and white photos and real photo postcards (RPPCs) to create realistic color compositions that bring the past alive. It's called Digital Realism.
See the transformation from black & white and more at:
www.ArtistLA.com
Uploaded
September 27th, 2010