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Gia Marie Carangi (January 29, 1960 – November 18, 1986) was an American fashion model during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Carangi, who was of Italian, Welsh and Irish ancestry, was considered by some to be the first supermodel, although that title has also been given to others including Janice Dickinson and Dorian Leigh. Cindy Crawford, who also appeared on the covers of several fashion publications during her time, was later referred to as "Baby Gia", due to her resemblance to Carangi. Carangi was also the first to present unusual poses, facial expressions and gestures. She is credited by many at the upper echelons of fashion to have created a new style of modeling, emulated by models since then to the present.
After becoming addicted to heroin, Carangi's modeling career rapidly declined. She later became infected with HIV and died at the age of 26. Her death was not widely publicized and few people in the fashion industry knew of it. Carangi is thought to be one of the first famous women to die of AIDS. Her father is Italian American, and her mother is American of Irish and Welsh ancestry.After being featured in Philadelphia newspaper ads, Carangi moved to New York City at the age of 17, where she quickly rose to prominence. She was the favorite model of many eminent fashion photographers, including Francesco Scavullo, Arthur Elgort, Richard Avedon, and Chris von Wangenheim, and she posed for photos in many countries. Her sexual orientation has been disputed: while most of her contemporaries considered her to be lesbian, others point to the fact she had relationships with men and call her bisexual.
Carangi was a regular at Studio 54 and the Mudd Club. Carangi usually used cocaine in clubs but later began to develop a heroin addiction.In October 1978, Carangi did her first major shoot with top fashion photographer Chris von Wangenheim. Wangenheim had her pose nude behind a chain-link fence with makeup assistant Sandy Linter. Carangi immediately became infatuated with Linter and started to pursue her, though the relationship never became stable.
On March 1, 1980, Carangi's agent, Wilhelmina Cooper, died of lung cancer. Devastated, Carangi started abusing drugs. Scavullo recalled a fashion shoot in the Caribbean when "She was crying, she couldn't find her drugs. I literally had to lay her down on her bed until she fell asleep." By 1980, Carangi began having violent temper tantrums, walking out of photo shoots, and even falling asleep in front of the camera. In the November 1980 issue of Vogue, Carangi's track marks from shooting heroin were visible even after airbrushing. For three weeks, she was signed with Eileen Ford, who soon dropped her.In 1981, Carangi enrolled in a 21-day detox program, and started dating a college student, Elyssa Golden. The Carangi family, along with her mother, had suspected that Golden had a drug problem. Carangi soon began using again. She moved out of her mother's house and in with some friends, once again entering a detox program.
Her attempt to quit drugs was shattered when she learned that her good friend and fashion photographer Chris von Wangenheim died in a car accident. According to the Stephen Fried book, Thing of Beauty, Carangi locked herself in a bathroom for hours, shooting heroin. In the fall of 1981, she looked far different from the top model she once had been. However, she was still determined to make a comeback in the fashion industry. She contacted Monique Pillard (who was largely responsible for Janice Dickinson's career), who was hesitant to sign her.For her second time, Carangi received the harsh treatment she skipped last time. Nobody would book her. Desperate, she turned to Scavullo. She landed a Cosmopolitan cover, a gift from Scavullo. Shot in the winter of 1982, it would be her last cover.
In West Germany, a budding fashion industry was being created. Although seen as tacky by the designers from New York, Paris and Milan, the Germans were willing to pay 10,000 marks a week to shoot Carangi abroad. However, no one in the States would book her. In the spring of 1983, she was caught with drugs in a shoot in Africa. Her career was over.
After pressure from her family she entered a drug-rehabilitation program again at Eagleville Hospital. After six months, she was released from the program and moved back to Philadelphia, where she seemed to be getting her life back on track. She started taking classes in photography and cinematography. But, three months later, she had vanished once again, and had returned to Atlantic City, and started shooting heroin again and claimed she was raped. She soon became ill with pneumonia, and her mother came and checked her into a hospital in Norristown, Pennsylvania.Carangi was diagnosed with AIDS, then a newly recognized disease. As her condition worsened, she was transferred to Philadelphia's Hahnemann University Hospital. Her mother stayed with her day and night, allowing virtually no visitors. On November 18, 1986 at 10 a.m., Carangi died of AIDS-related complications. She was 26 years old.A biographical film, Gia, debuted on HBO in 1998. Angelina Jolie starred in the title role, garnering a Golden Globe award for the role.
In 1996, actress-screenwriter Zoë Tamerlis, herself a heroin addict who died of drug-related causes in 1999, was commissioned to write a screenplay based upon Carangi's life. This version of Gia was not produced, but after Tamerlis' death, footage of Carangi, Tamerlis, photographers, Carangi's family, and Sandy Linter discussing her life was incorporated into a 2003 documentary entitled The Self-Destruction of Gia.
With his mother’s simple box camera Bob began taking photographs in 1963 as a student at Regina Mundi Minor Seminary in London Ontario . For three years he made a record of school life.
In 1966, he attended F.J. Brennan High School in Windsor where he was a member of the camera club. His father’s Pentax SV was a definite improvement in equipment. The family had no car so photographic “expeditions” were limited to trips with friends or locations accessible by bus. The riverfront and Detroit skyline with its sunsets provided inspiration and then there were the ships that occasionally docked at Dieppe Park . In November, Bob met Lynda Fowkes, the love of his life.While attending the University of Windsor , Bob had a very liberating experience. He modeled nude for life drawing classes. This gave him an appreciation for the feelings of the young women that would soon be posing in front of his camera. It also put him in contact with Beulah, another model and she agreed to sit for him. He knew nothing about posing but with her help they got through that first sitting. In the gallery “Nudes” you will see “First Nude”.
Bob photographed his second nude on the beach at Point Pelee. She didn’t mind posing but preferred that the pictures be kept private so that she would not be identified. “Repose” is taken from an angle that preserves the integrity of the agreement while showing the beauty of the subject.
In 1969, Bob and Lynda suffered a crushing blow. Lynda was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Against the advice of family, friends and the family doctor, Bob refused to leave. Married in 1971, Bob and Lynda have two daughters; they ride together on a side by side tricycle and while Lynda sometimes uses a cane, a walker, a scooter or a wheelchair, she is still walking and very much alive.In 1972, Ken Saltmarche, the curator at Willistead saw “Repose” and another image taken by Pope and invited him to display his work at Art in the Park. An offer to purchase “Repose” for $50 was turned down as the whereabouts of the negative was a mystery. It was later found but alas, too late for what would have been his first sale. Had he sold it, he would have avoided the wrath of his mother who was none too pleased when she visited his booth with women from her art class. She didn’t know that he did nudes and referred to his model as a “brazen hussy”. Years later she would peruse his portfolio that contained many more nude images and she would tell him, “Rob, you really do nice work.”It was about this time that Bob had another chance encounter that would change his life. He met Spike Bell, a local photographer with a studio on Wyandotte St. Spike encouraged Bob, teaching him to shoot weddings.In 1973, Bob and Lynda moved to Toronto where Bob enrolled at Ryerson, later switching to Sheridan College in Oakville where he studied for two years and where he photographed a rusted truck. Thus began his sojourn into the field of abstract images. The “Abstracts” Gallery is where you will find Decomposition I and II.On a Friday afternoon in March of 1975, Bob came home and asked. “How would you like to travel across Canada for the summer?” “Great! When do we leave?” was Lynda’s reply. On June 15 they left for a trip that lasted three and a half months, covered four states, nine provinces, a dozen National Parks and fifteen thousand miles. You will see images from this trip in the “Landscapes” gallery.Returning to the Toronto area, Bob established Pope Photography, Professional Photographic Service. For the next few years he photographed interiors, architecture, weddings and did public relations and progress photos for the City of Toronto Housing Department. An assignment for Public Works had him photographing cracks in pavement.Lynda was working for the publisher McClelland and Stewart and Bob was shooting an author’s reception for them. During the evening he met a young lady and told her about his work. She agreed to pose for him and after three false starts they got together to shoot the pictures that would include “Maid in Lace” and “Lady of the Glen”, two of Bob’s all time favorites. See them in the “Nudes” Gallery.In 1978, Megan was born. With a diaper bag and bottles and driving an old Volkswagen camper, Bob would take her in a “Snuggly” and do progress photos. By 1980 it was decided that since there were plans for another child, Bob should have a job with benefits and a pension. A job as an audio visual tech with the Metropolitan Separate School Board was followed by a career of fifteen and a half years at Bell Canada during which time they moved back to Windsor where Kristin was born. When that ended in 1995 with a “package” Bob moved on, becoming a funeral assistant, a sales rep, a property assessor (again) and a GST Trust Compliance Officer for CCRA. Tired of being down-sized Bob decided it was time to go back to his dream; working in photography. Not that he had been “away “, he had been shooting all along; shooting for his own pleasure, not for a client.The business officially started up in August of 2003 as Pope Photography or alternatively as Bob Pope Photography.
Wanting to do something nice for his young neighbours expecting their first child, Bob photographed the expectant mother. Photographing pregnant women has since become a specialty.
Thirty-one years after his first exhibition, Bob had a show at the Artspeak Gallery in Windsor in August 2003. It was a great success. To see what others had to say about the work, check out “Reviews”. A second show at the same venue was held in April 2004 and was similarly well received.
When Bob graduated from high school in 1968 Mike Chalut wrote in his yearbook, “Keep taking those pictures Bob!” And so he has! Lots of them! And now he would like to share something of his vision with you. Bob and Lynda hope that you enjoy these images as much as they enjoyed acquiring them.
Model Poses Pictures Biography
Gia Marie Carangi (January 29, 1960 – November 18, 1986) was an American fashion model during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Carangi, who was of Italian, Welsh and Irish ancestry, was considered by some to be the first supermodel, although that title has also been given to others including Janice Dickinson and Dorian Leigh. Cindy Crawford, who also appeared on the covers of several fashion publications during her time, was later referred to as "Baby Gia", due to her resemblance to Carangi. Carangi was also the first to present unusual poses, facial expressions and gestures. She is credited by many at the upper echelons of fashion to have created a new style of modeling, emulated by models since then to the present.
After becoming addicted to heroin, Carangi's modeling career rapidly declined. She later became infected with HIV and died at the age of 26. Her death was not widely publicized and few people in the fashion industry knew of it. Carangi is thought to be one of the first famous women to die of AIDS. Her father is Italian American, and her mother is American of Irish and Welsh ancestry.After being featured in Philadelphia newspaper ads, Carangi moved to New York City at the age of 17, where she quickly rose to prominence. She was the favorite model of many eminent fashion photographers, including Francesco Scavullo, Arthur Elgort, Richard Avedon, and Chris von Wangenheim, and she posed for photos in many countries. Her sexual orientation has been disputed: while most of her contemporaries considered her to be lesbian, others point to the fact she had relationships with men and call her bisexual.
Carangi was a regular at Studio 54 and the Mudd Club. Carangi usually used cocaine in clubs but later began to develop a heroin addiction.In October 1978, Carangi did her first major shoot with top fashion photographer Chris von Wangenheim. Wangenheim had her pose nude behind a chain-link fence with makeup assistant Sandy Linter. Carangi immediately became infatuated with Linter and started to pursue her, though the relationship never became stable.
On March 1, 1980, Carangi's agent, Wilhelmina Cooper, died of lung cancer. Devastated, Carangi started abusing drugs. Scavullo recalled a fashion shoot in the Caribbean when "She was crying, she couldn't find her drugs. I literally had to lay her down on her bed until she fell asleep." By 1980, Carangi began having violent temper tantrums, walking out of photo shoots, and even falling asleep in front of the camera. In the November 1980 issue of Vogue, Carangi's track marks from shooting heroin were visible even after airbrushing. For three weeks, she was signed with Eileen Ford, who soon dropped her.In 1981, Carangi enrolled in a 21-day detox program, and started dating a college student, Elyssa Golden. The Carangi family, along with her mother, had suspected that Golden had a drug problem. Carangi soon began using again. She moved out of her mother's house and in with some friends, once again entering a detox program.
Her attempt to quit drugs was shattered when she learned that her good friend and fashion photographer Chris von Wangenheim died in a car accident. According to the Stephen Fried book, Thing of Beauty, Carangi locked herself in a bathroom for hours, shooting heroin. In the fall of 1981, she looked far different from the top model she once had been. However, she was still determined to make a comeback in the fashion industry. She contacted Monique Pillard (who was largely responsible for Janice Dickinson's career), who was hesitant to sign her.For her second time, Carangi received the harsh treatment she skipped last time. Nobody would book her. Desperate, she turned to Scavullo. She landed a Cosmopolitan cover, a gift from Scavullo. Shot in the winter of 1982, it would be her last cover.
In West Germany, a budding fashion industry was being created. Although seen as tacky by the designers from New York, Paris and Milan, the Germans were willing to pay 10,000 marks a week to shoot Carangi abroad. However, no one in the States would book her. In the spring of 1983, she was caught with drugs in a shoot in Africa. Her career was over.
After pressure from her family she entered a drug-rehabilitation program again at Eagleville Hospital. After six months, she was released from the program and moved back to Philadelphia, where she seemed to be getting her life back on track. She started taking classes in photography and cinematography. But, three months later, she had vanished once again, and had returned to Atlantic City, and started shooting heroin again and claimed she was raped. She soon became ill with pneumonia, and her mother came and checked her into a hospital in Norristown, Pennsylvania.Carangi was diagnosed with AIDS, then a newly recognized disease. As her condition worsened, she was transferred to Philadelphia's Hahnemann University Hospital. Her mother stayed with her day and night, allowing virtually no visitors. On November 18, 1986 at 10 a.m., Carangi died of AIDS-related complications. She was 26 years old.A biographical film, Gia, debuted on HBO in 1998. Angelina Jolie starred in the title role, garnering a Golden Globe award for the role.
In 1996, actress-screenwriter Zoë Tamerlis, herself a heroin addict who died of drug-related causes in 1999, was commissioned to write a screenplay based upon Carangi's life. This version of Gia was not produced, but after Tamerlis' death, footage of Carangi, Tamerlis, photographers, Carangi's family, and Sandy Linter discussing her life was incorporated into a 2003 documentary entitled The Self-Destruction of Gia.
With his mother’s simple box camera Bob began taking photographs in 1963 as a student at Regina Mundi Minor Seminary in London Ontario . For three years he made a record of school life.
In 1966, he attended F.J. Brennan High School in Windsor where he was a member of the camera club. His father’s Pentax SV was a definite improvement in equipment. The family had no car so photographic “expeditions” were limited to trips with friends or locations accessible by bus. The riverfront and Detroit skyline with its sunsets provided inspiration and then there were the ships that occasionally docked at Dieppe Park . In November, Bob met Lynda Fowkes, the love of his life.While attending the University of Windsor , Bob had a very liberating experience. He modeled nude for life drawing classes. This gave him an appreciation for the feelings of the young women that would soon be posing in front of his camera. It also put him in contact with Beulah, another model and she agreed to sit for him. He knew nothing about posing but with her help they got through that first sitting. In the gallery “Nudes” you will see “First Nude”.
Bob photographed his second nude on the beach at Point Pelee. She didn’t mind posing but preferred that the pictures be kept private so that she would not be identified. “Repose” is taken from an angle that preserves the integrity of the agreement while showing the beauty of the subject.
In 1969, Bob and Lynda suffered a crushing blow. Lynda was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Against the advice of family, friends and the family doctor, Bob refused to leave. Married in 1971, Bob and Lynda have two daughters; they ride together on a side by side tricycle and while Lynda sometimes uses a cane, a walker, a scooter or a wheelchair, she is still walking and very much alive.In 1972, Ken Saltmarche, the curator at Willistead saw “Repose” and another image taken by Pope and invited him to display his work at Art in the Park. An offer to purchase “Repose” for $50 was turned down as the whereabouts of the negative was a mystery. It was later found but alas, too late for what would have been his first sale. Had he sold it, he would have avoided the wrath of his mother who was none too pleased when she visited his booth with women from her art class. She didn’t know that he did nudes and referred to his model as a “brazen hussy”. Years later she would peruse his portfolio that contained many more nude images and she would tell him, “Rob, you really do nice work.”It was about this time that Bob had another chance encounter that would change his life. He met Spike Bell, a local photographer with a studio on Wyandotte St. Spike encouraged Bob, teaching him to shoot weddings.In 1973, Bob and Lynda moved to Toronto where Bob enrolled at Ryerson, later switching to Sheridan College in Oakville where he studied for two years and where he photographed a rusted truck. Thus began his sojourn into the field of abstract images. The “Abstracts” Gallery is where you will find Decomposition I and II.On a Friday afternoon in March of 1975, Bob came home and asked. “How would you like to travel across Canada for the summer?” “Great! When do we leave?” was Lynda’s reply. On June 15 they left for a trip that lasted three and a half months, covered four states, nine provinces, a dozen National Parks and fifteen thousand miles. You will see images from this trip in the “Landscapes” gallery.Returning to the Toronto area, Bob established Pope Photography, Professional Photographic Service. For the next few years he photographed interiors, architecture, weddings and did public relations and progress photos for the City of Toronto Housing Department. An assignment for Public Works had him photographing cracks in pavement.Lynda was working for the publisher McClelland and Stewart and Bob was shooting an author’s reception for them. During the evening he met a young lady and told her about his work. She agreed to pose for him and after three false starts they got together to shoot the pictures that would include “Maid in Lace” and “Lady of the Glen”, two of Bob’s all time favorites. See them in the “Nudes” Gallery.In 1978, Megan was born. With a diaper bag and bottles and driving an old Volkswagen camper, Bob would take her in a “Snuggly” and do progress photos. By 1980 it was decided that since there were plans for another child, Bob should have a job with benefits and a pension. A job as an audio visual tech with the Metropolitan Separate School Board was followed by a career of fifteen and a half years at Bell Canada during which time they moved back to Windsor where Kristin was born. When that ended in 1995 with a “package” Bob moved on, becoming a funeral assistant, a sales rep, a property assessor (again) and a GST Trust Compliance Officer for CCRA. Tired of being down-sized Bob decided it was time to go back to his dream; working in photography. Not that he had been “away “, he had been shooting all along; shooting for his own pleasure, not for a client.The business officially started up in August of 2003 as Pope Photography or alternatively as Bob Pope Photography.
Wanting to do something nice for his young neighbours expecting their first child, Bob photographed the expectant mother. Photographing pregnant women has since become a specialty.
Thirty-one years after his first exhibition, Bob had a show at the Artspeak Gallery in Windsor in August 2003. It was a great success. To see what others had to say about the work, check out “Reviews”. A second show at the same venue was held in April 2004 and was similarly well received.
When Bob graduated from high school in 1968 Mike Chalut wrote in his yearbook, “Keep taking those pictures Bob!” And so he has! Lots of them! And now he would like to share something of his vision with you. Bob and Lynda hope that you enjoy these images as much as they enjoyed acquiring them.
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