Saddest Picture of The Day
I just wonder what the photographer thought that day when taking this portrait of Billie ? Clearly show signs of wear and tear of a hard life and the scarring on her face is only accompanied by the track marks on her forearms but the expression on her eyes perhaps tells us all. I hope the scars on her face were not from abuse or violence and yet the tracks tell their own sad tale of addiction and abuse from wherever. One of the greatest voices in music and yet it is somehow reduced to this . . . . . . . .
Billie Holiday New York photo by Moneta Sleet Jnr, 1956
Perhaps this portrait is so revealing and honest as it appears to have been taken by a ‘sister’?
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