Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/St. Louis Woman

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OriginalPearl Bailey in the role of Butterfly in St. Louis Woman
Reason
I think there's a lot of character to it. It gives a strong feeling of her acting, and I can't find any evidence of any other images from this show, so... I'm a bit nervous given the complete disinterest in the photo of Juanita Hall in a much more famous musical below, but... well...
Articles in which this image appears
St. Louis Woman
FP category for this image
WP:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Carl Van Vechten, restored by Adam Cuerden
  • Support as nominatorAdam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 00:32, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Original background very overexposed isn't it? Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:28, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Charlesjsharp: Can't argue with that. I was a bit hesitant with this one, but Bailey herself came out so well that I thought the background mattered less. In its defense, I will say that may be an artefact of photographing African-Americans with the film of the time which was better with lighter tones: Better to overexpose a background and get a detailed face. Of course, it's also possible the Library of Congress did a bad job with the reproduction; I've seen evidence e of that in images from this lot, like Shirley Graham, which Harvard has a way better copy of that I want. Sorry for my delayed response; I honestly don't know how I missed this yesterday while seeing Bammesk's, but it was kind of a bad day. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 16:17, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Portrait of Pearl Bailey as Butterfly in St. Louis Woman.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]