Dita Von Teese photographed in her home in Costa Mesa, CA in December 2000. Dita and I had met a few years previously when I first moved to Los Angeles from Chicago. We had always intended to shoot but neither of us made the first move. A few years later, a mutual make-up artist friend of ours, Josef, finally brought us together.I shot this with my Mamiya 645 with one simple tungsten light pointed directly at her. It remains one of my favorite images of her, and it was published in my second book "The Beauty of Fetish: Volume II" (Edition Stemmle) in 2001.
When I first met her she was still starting out in fetish modeling and working as a house dancer in southern California. We took an instant like to each other. Some people may think it strange but I always looked at her as my little sister and good friend.
A few months after we met I get a call from her asking for my help. She had decided that she wanted to move into Burlesque. She knew that I was friends with several Burlesque performers and she had a lot of questions. I put her in touch with Toni Alessandrini who had performed a lot during the mini-revival in the 1980's and toured with Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca's Burlesque tour and HBO spacial. Toni was able to visit Dita and help here with a set of ostrich feather fans and all the Dita fans know what that lead to.
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Death is art.
What kills me heals me...
When I first met her she was still starting out in fetish modeling and working as a house dancer in southern California. We took an instant like to each other. Some people may think it strange but I always looked at her as my little sister and good friend.
A few months after we met I get a call from her asking for my help. She had decided that she wanted to move into Burlesque. She knew that I was friends with several Burlesque performers and she had a lot of questions. I put her in touch with Toni Alessandrini who had performed a lot during the mini-revival in the 1980's and toured with Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca's Burlesque tour and HBO spacial. Toni was able to visit Dita and help here with a set of ostrich feather fans and all the Dita fans know what that lead to.
I keep running into them & say ''wow.who's is this??''
& then i see your pic.
keep up the good work
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Sinai.
♂ + ♂ = ♥
♀ + ♀ = ♥
♀ + ♂ = ♥
and that photo is great ....
i'm want to meet her
i hate u