Friday, March 11, 2011

Forgotten History


Meet Birmingham photographer Brian Francis.  Brian has been a commercial photographer in town with an impressive list of clients for the last 10years.  Currently a collection his (wacky) portraits are hanging at the Bottletree Bar and Café.  The photographs are great fun in their own right, but Brian's childhood friend Tom Bagby has written an a little story to go with each one. The collection is titled Forgotten History, A Collection of 20th Century Photographs Representing Those Who Failed to Make the Cut.  I decided that Brian was way too much fun to have him just pose in front of his work. I waited till he wasn't watching and caught this one.

13 comments:

Maya said...

What a great shot. I'll bet he loves it!

Unknown said...

A great work by Brian and a great job you did.
It is always good to see history of any kind Virginia.
Have a great day.
Costas

Babzy.B said...

really nice portrait !

noel said...

Great capture I like this type of photo well done

Luis Gomez said...

Beautiful portrait Virginia. I would love to meet him and see his work.

Lúcia said...

Perfect timing!
Love your shot, it tell us a story. ;-)
Have a good weekend.

Daryl said...

Love this .. candid is best

TheChieftess said...

Ms V...you're gonna give Brian a run for his money!!! Portraiture is definitely one of your strengths!!!

Bob Crowe said...

What gorgeous light. Really brings out the personality.

Virginia said...

Bob,
Really? I thought it was not good but the best I could do in a bar! :)

Kathy,
Brian is a pro!!

Thanks everyone. His work is really fun. Wish you could have all been there to see it with me and meet Brian!

Jilly said...

Looks like you had such a fun evening with the photographer and his work.

brattcat said...

Your portrait fits perfectly with Brian's portraits. Wonderful capture.

Brian Francis said...

I was just googling a link to the images from the show to send to someone and ran across this! Thanks Virginia, love the shot! It was great spending time with you that night, you're the best!