Night Calls by Tony Miller
Posted on | August 25, 2008 | No Comments
I love these kinds of coincidences. I came home the other day to find a message on my answering machine from a woman who wanted to buy a print of one of my paintings. She said she had seen the print at a neighbors house and really loved it. The print was of an oil painting for Anna’s Book by Ruth Rendell , previously mentioned on this blog.
After a short game of phone tag we finally set up a meeting for her to pick it at my house.
I opened the door to a couple, a very attractive woman in her thirties and her companion. The first thing I wanted to know was where had she seen the print. It turns out she had seen it on the wall at my attorney’s house who had been her neighbor. We talked a bit while I showed her some of my other work. I told her that like Anna’s book most of my work in the past 15 years had been book covers.
At that she brightened and said. “As a matter of fact, I modeled for a book cover once.” As she described the shoot and her costume it all started to sound eerily familiar. As she spoke I walked to the other room and started looking through my bookcase. And there it was Night Calls by Tony Miller.
The cover showed a woman draped over an antique silk chair holding a fan, straight out of Hollywood in the thirties. That picture was set in a deco frame with cracked glass, and an old style phone hanging ominously in front. This was one of my first covers so I remember how careful I was selecting the props.
I was originally going to shoot my girlfriend who had modeled for several covers I did but she didn’t have the look I needed. She said, “you know, my cousin is in town and she’s very pretty I think she’d be perfect. “
I brought the book into the other room and gave it to her. Yes, that’s me, and that’s you, you’re the photographer!
I gave her the book and she bought the print. All in all a very cool day
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