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OriginalEthel Waters, blues, jazz, and gospel singer, c. 1943.
Reason
A fine, rather candid portrait of a notable singer. The dilapidated background suits common themes in blues and jazz (and was a bugger to clean up without removing legitimate stains. Think I managed.) This nomination is a followup to Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ethel Waters, in which I promised to do a restoration, but was unable to get to it in time due to working on Herschel. I rather wish I had checked this one first: It was far, far easier.

Image is cropped just enough to make it square. Annoyingly, the edges aren't at all straight; I don't know why, this is a bit out of the era I tend to work on.

Articles in which this image appears
Ethel Waters, +2
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
William P. Gottlieb, restoration by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Ethel Waters - William P. Gottlieb.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:02, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]