loish:

A study of Evelyn Nesbit, a model and actress who was popular at the turn of the century. She had a heartbreaking life, I learned about it from the podcast Criminal (episode 91 called ‘the “it” girl’). Can’t stop thinking about it, so I had to draw her!

Find the podcast episode here: https://thisiscriminal.com/episode-91-the-it-girl-05-18-2018/ – and if you’re looking for podcasts to listen to, Criminal is just excellent!

demnagvasalias:

“The picture was taken before she was famous,” Michals remembers. “I had simply been told she was super talented and big things were in the wings. We went up town and ran around the Marquis theatre and had a lot of fun. I asked her to dance and she was as joyful as she seems in the photograph, just radiant.”

meryl streep photographed by duane michals, 1975.