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Marina Amaral
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Billie Holiday was born #OnThisDay in 1915.

I'm DYING to show you the beautiful images I'm colorizing for the upcoming documentary! I didn't know much about her but since I started working on the film I became obsessed with her. She was incredible.

billboard.com/articles/news/…
I'm obsessed with one of her dogs too
This is Pepe (given to her by Ava Gardner). He became her best friend and companion in her last days of drug addiction.
The photo that was featured in the Billboard article was not colorized by me. It was originally taken in color.

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Daguerreotype, 1850s. Usually, people had to sit still for approximately 60-90 seconds to have their image captured.
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