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GEORGE CHRISTY Page 6 | November 18, 2016 BEVERLY HILLS BEVERLY HILLS Celebrity Photo/Scott Downie “catch me, pluck me shoes.” Dozens and dozens more! A Cincinnati-born visionary, George Hurell rev- olutionized the chiaroscuro style of portraiture with the glamour girls and slick dudes during his Hollywood hey- day of the thirties and forties. Hurrell’s rapturous por- traits include Jean Harlow, Garbo, Rita Hayworth, Veronica Lake, Marlene Dietrich, Joan Crawford, known to joke about her unhappy … she had lost my studio’s address, and took it out on our staff.” Mark, 60, comes to us with a sterling silver legacy, having apprenticed with “le maitre,” the famous George Hurrell. “Manners always will out. Jack Lemmon proved to be a perfect gentleman while waiting and sitting patiently for his portrait, I couldn’t ask for anyone bet- ter … Jack was comfortable, helpful, kind, a revelation compared to celebrities with their fifteen minutes of fame.” S o reveals Los Angeles’ ace por- traitist Mark Viera. A nd let’s not overlook the celebri- ties’ diva attitudes. We’re including guys here, too. “ Danny Glover fell asleep in the midst of our photo session. Grace Jones turned out to be a fun charac- ter. Leslie Mann and Judd Apatow were wonderful. As was San Francisco’s popu- lar cabaret artist Peter Minutun. “A lthough Rosie O’Donnell was … umm, not very nice. Testy and Gwen Stefani wowed Red Carpet viewers during GLAMOUR magazine’s celebration of the 2016 Women of The Year Awards acknowledging women’s achievement. Event was held in L.A. for the first time in 25 years at NeueHouse Hollywood Anne Sweeney Amber Heard Caitlyn Jenner Chelsea Handler (see ‘GEORGE CHRISTY’ page 16) G eorge C hristy Janell Spetrino Maria Raveti Jack Lemmon Grace Jones Alan Nevins Portrait photographer Mark Viera calls himself “the sor- cerer’s apprentice,” having worked with the Hollywood photographer George Hurrell, whose movie star portraits are legendary. Mark commands a studio in mid-town Los Angeles – his prices are “surprisingly reasonable.” Here is a selection of his favorite portraits. Mark A. Viera Archives
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“catch me, pluck me shoes.”Dozens and dozens more!
A Cincinnati-bornvisionary, George Hurell rev-olutionized the chiaroscurostyle of portraiture with theglamour girls and slick dudesduring his Hollywood hey-day of the thirties and forties.
Hurrell’s rapturous por-traits include Jean Harlow,Garbo, Rita Hayworth,Veronica Lake, MarleneDietrich, Joan Crawford,known to joke about her
unhappy … she had lost mystudio’s address, and took itout on our staff.”
Mark, 60, comes to uswith a sterling silver legacy,having apprenticed with “lemaitre,” the famous GeorgeHurrell.
“Manners always willout. Jack Lemmon proved tobe a perfect gentlemanwhile waiting and sittingpatiently for his portrait, Icouldn’t ask for anyone bet-ter … Jack was comfortable,helpful, kind, a revelationcompared to celebritieswith their fifteen minutes offame.”
So reveals LosAngeles’ ace por-traitist Mark Viera.
And let’s notoverlook the celebri-ties’ diva attitudes.We’re including guyshere, too.
“Danny Gloverfell asleep in the midstof our photo session.Grace Jones turnedout to be a fun charac-ter. Leslie Mann andJudd Apatow werewonderful. As wasSan Francisco’s popu-lar cabaret artist PeterMinutun.
“ A l t h o u g hRosie O’Donnell was… umm, not verynice. Testy and
Gwen Stefani wowed Red Carpet viewers during
GLAMOUR magazine’s celebration of the 2016
Women of The Year Awards acknowledging
women’s achievement. Event was held in L.A. for
the first time in 25 years at NeueHouse HollywoodAnne SweeneyAmber HeardCaitlyn JennerChelsea Handler
(see ‘GEORGE CHRISTY’ page 16)
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Janell Spetrino Maria Raveti
Jack Lemmon Grace Jones Alan Nevins
Portrait photographer Mark Viera calls himself “the sor-
cerer’s apprentice,” having worked with the Hollywood
photographer George Hurrell, whose movie star portraits
are legendary. Mark commands a studio in mid-town
Los Angeles – his prices are “surprisingly reasonable.”
Here is a selection of his favorite portraits.
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No secret, says Mark,that George l-o-o-o-v-e-d“les girls.”
We owe a debt of grat-itude to interior designerLeonard Stanley, whoinformed us of Mark’sinspired talent and remark-able experience and careerwith “le maitre.”
A Bay Area boyhoodultimately led Mark toSouthern California with itsmovie studios. Notably M-G-M where Dorie Freemanhired Mark as an assistant inthe movie stills department.Did it take long for Mark towallow in the steep film stillfiles at M-G-M? No.
Over time, Mark’s pas-sion for the photographicartistry of Hurell led to the
creation of fifteen hand-some titles that are nowcollectors’ choices.Classics the likes ofHurrell’s HollywoodPortraits, GeorgeHurrell’s HollywoodPortraits, plus others.
Mark’s latest, Intothe Dark: The Hidden
World of Film Noir 1941-1950, is a gem. A stunningrendezvous with the Whoand the Who in fim noir.Ava Gardner and BurtLancaster in a scene fromThe Killers graces the cover.A teaser for the heady boun-ty of busty blondes andshadowy Johnnies within.Into The Dark serves as anideal gift for the holidays –or whenever – for cineasteswho will want to gift othercineastes, who then will giftother cineaste chums, andon and on.
Hey, why not a morepersonal gift created byMaestro Mark. A portrait ofyour own. Or of your famiy,pets, etc.
Mark promises his
prices are “surprisingly rea-sonable.”
About his portraits, hesays, “I look at the client’sface, and instinctively findthe best angle and best pose.I next create the best light-ing. For cheeks to glow andeyes to sparkle.Highlighting the hair, ofcourse. I’m always warmand reassuring to settle theclient in a relaxed mood.”Shall we mention Mark is asgood as it gets with retouch-ing!
Mark Viera’s StarliightStudio awaits in midtownLos Angeles. His phonenumber is 213-383-2448.
On another note,Washingtonian insider
Stephan Gerhardt reportsthat the leading hotels in ournation’s capitol haven’t losttime in jacking up roomrates for the January 20 pres-idential inauguration ofDonald Trump. Four dayminimum with top fees sur-facing around $1,899 for adeluxe king room. Many ofthe hotels are sold out.
Meanwhile, ABC newsanchor GeorgeStephanopoulos and wife Alivowed they are moving toAustralia with their two off-spring if their candidate did-n’t win.
Will George now giveup his multi-million dollarcontract with ABC? Havehe and Ali booked passage?Online atwww.bhcourier.com/category/george-christy
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