“Donyale Luna: Supermodel,' a documentary streaming on Max, offers insight into how the first Black model to grace the covers of Harper's Bazaar and Vogue went largely unknown for years after her death.
This image released by Max shows model Donyale Luna from the documentary"Donyale Luna: Supermodel." The film offers insight into how the first Black model to grace the covers of Harper's Bazaar and Vogue went largely unknown for years. – As the first Black model to grace the cover of Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, a muse to Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali and a film star, Donyale Luna’s life story was ready made for Hollywood.
Luna's daughter, Dream Cazzaniga, narrates her mother's diaries, allowing the model's complexities to be revealed. Mesmerized by Luna, legendary fashion photographer Richard Avedon signed her for a contract. The two would go on to create images unlike anything being done at the time. The documentary features archival video footage of the two working together.In 1965, Avedon would then feature Luna in a Harper’s Bazaar spread for an issue he was guest editing. The shoot would unleash a storm of backlash that cost Harper’s subscribers and advertisers.
The Harper’s Bazaar incident did not stop Avedon from pushing for Luna even though others pushed back. Perhaps, the most painfully shocking moment in the documentary is the revelation about how former Vogue Editor-in-chief Diana Vreeland put an end to what could’ve further skyrocketed Luna’s career. Avedon had cast Luna to model for an infamous American Vogue shoot in 1966 known as “The Great Fur Caravan” where she was set to model furs in snowy Japan.
Where the U.S. industry placed limits on who she could be and her career, Luna found more success overseas. A move to London surged her career forward and in a momentous feat landed the cover of Vogue as the magazine's first Black cover model, shot by renowned photographer David Bailey.
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