#dare wright

[gacougnol]

Dare Wright (Canadian - American 1914 – 2001)

From " A Lonely Doll", children book, 1957

[thesobsister]

Self-portraits done by writer, model, and photographer Dare Wright

who designed and created the outfits she wore in them

predate and anticipate the work of Cindy Sherman

in effacing, through role-playing, any permanence or possibility of a fixed persona for the photographer.

[doolsandtoys]

Dare Wright, Random House, 1961

[leatherhaikuplasticvenus]

holiday for edith and the bears by dare wright, 1958

[chocodorothy]

[delarai]

Dare Wright

[marypickfords]

The Lonely Doll, by Dare Wright (1957)

[weaponinmind]

Dare Wright - The Lonely Doll (1957)…“reveals the true story of a complicated angel. She was an ethereal mixture of artistry and innocence.”