Dario Calmese
Dario Calmese is the first African American to photograph the cover of Vanity Fair. He is an artist and podcaster originally from Missouri. Calmese is the host of the podcast Institute of Black Imagination.
Also recorded as Darío Calmese
Dario Calmese
- Born
- 1982 · Missouri.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- photographer · singer · ballet dancer · podcaster
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Dario Calmese is the first African American to photograph the cover of Vanity Fair. He is an artist and podcaster originally from Missouri. Calmese is the host of the podcast Institute of Black Imagination.
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He began photography in 2012 while attending the School of Visual Arts. His photos of Harlem fashion collector Lana Turner were part of a special exhibition in 2015. In 2013 he became the casting director for Kerby Jean-Raymond's fashion shows and then the director. In 2019, he directed the Pyer Moss show at Kings Theater in Brooklyn. For the July/August 2020 cover of Vanity Fair he photographed Viola Davis. Calmese has worked for Vanity Fair in the past as well, although this was his first major magazine cover, and the first magazine cover for Vanity Fair shot by an African American photographer. He previously shot actor Billy Porter, actor George MacKay and Broadway star Adrienne Warren for the magazine.
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- 1.Redazione. Dario Calmese scatta la cover story di Vanity Fair. Fotografia. 16 luglio 2020.
- 2.Janice Williams. Meet Dario Calmese, the First Black Photographer to Shoot a Vanity Fair Cover. Newsweek. 14 luglio 2020.
- 3.Jessica. The Black Photographer Making History at Vanity Fair. The New York Times. 2020-07-14. 0362-4331.
- 4.About dario Calmese. lensculture.com.
- 5.Brooke Bobb. For Harlem Fashion Icon Lana Turner, Dressing Up for Sunday Service Means Vintage Yves Saint Laurent. Vogue. 16 febbraio 2018.
- 6.no.197. Dario Calmese. Finalist, LensCulture Black & White Photography Awards 2018.
- 7.Richard Lawson. All Hail Billy Porter. Vanity Fair. 30 maggio 2019.
- 8.Keziah Weir. Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve but Make It Fashion. 5 agosto 2019.
- 9.Eliza Huber. Dario Calmese Just Made Vanity Fair History With Viola Davis Cover. refinery29.com. 14 luglio 2020.
- 10.Priya Elan. Vanity Fair cover is by Black photographer for first time. The Guardian. 14 luglio 2020.
- 11.The Scourged Back: How Runaway Slave and Soldier Private Gordon Changed History. America's Black Holocaust Museum.
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