Annette Kellerman, 1916

Hand-tinted publicity image of Kellerman. Annette Kellerman says she never needed a stunt double in any of her films. She also talks about her infamous swim in a pool full of crocodiles on the shoot for the silent feature A Daughter of the Gods (Herbert Brenon, USA, 1916). The Bill Fox she refers to is film’s producer William Fox. Link to interview from 1974, here. | src NFSA

Enigmatic portrait, “Roda”, 1934

Jehangir N. Unwalla :: Enigmatic portrait, “Roda”, 1934 by Indian photographer J.N. Unwalla. Published in The Amateur Photographer Mach 21st 1934. | src eBay
J.N. Unwalla was a Mumbai (Bombay) based fashion and advertising photographer. He was a member of the Royal Photographic Society and the Camera Pictorialists of Los Angeles and exhibited internationally from 1922 until 1960. | src eBay