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==Introduction== |
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Langley Fox is an american [[Illustrator]] and [[Model (person)]] based out of Silver Lake, California. Fox is the daughter of actress [[Mariel Hemingway]] and documentary filmmaker [[Stephen Crisman]], but is most popularly known as the great-granddaughter of author [[Ernest Hemingway]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Kitsune Talk: The Fantastic Mrs. Langley Fox|url=http://www.kitsune.fr/journal/event/the-interview-of-the-fantastic-mrs-langley-fox/|website=Kitsune.fr|accessdate=25 January 2017}}</ref>. She found her passion early on, and was supported by her creative family to express herself in any way she desired. She soon found a love for illustration and the visual form.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jones|first1=Justin|title=Langley Fox: A Hemingway In All But Name|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/28/langley-fox-a-hemingway-in-all-but-name.html|website=The Daily Beast|accessdate=25 January 2017}}</ref> |
Langley Fox is an american [[Illustrator]] and [[Model (person)]] based out of Silver Lake, California. Fox is the daughter of actress [[Mariel Hemingway]] and documentary filmmaker [[Stephen Crisman]], but is most popularly known as the great-granddaughter of author [[Ernest Hemingway]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Kitsune Talk: The Fantastic Mrs. Langley Fox|url=http://www.kitsune.fr/journal/event/the-interview-of-the-fantastic-mrs-langley-fox/|website=Kitsune.fr|accessdate=25 January 2017}}</ref>. She found her passion early on, and was supported by her creative family to express herself in any way she desired. She soon found a love for illustration and the visual form.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jones|first1=Justin|title=Langley Fox: A Hemingway In All But Name|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/28/langley-fox-a-hemingway-in-all-but-name.html|website=The Daily Beast|accessdate=25 January 2017}}</ref> |
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Around the beginning of Fox’s career as an artist, she also developed an interest in the fashion industry and decided to work part-time as a model. She has modeled for Alice+Olivia, [[Louis Vuitton]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Piery|first1=Kerry|title=5 Minutes With: Langley Fox|url=http://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/models/a1975/langley-fox-interview/|website=Harpers Bazaar|publisher=Hearst Communications|accessdate=25 January 2017}}</ref> |
Around the beginning of Fox’s career as an artist, she also developed an interest in the fashion industry and decided to work part-time as a model. She has modeled for Alice+Olivia, [[Louis Vuitton]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Piery|first1=Kerry|title=5 Minutes With: Langley Fox|url=http://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/models/a1975/langley-fox-interview/|website=Harpers Bazaar|publisher=Hearst Communications|accessdate=25 January 2017}}</ref> |
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, [[Marc Jacobs]] amongst others. She went on to produce original artwork for one of Marc Jacobs’ projects and collaborating with companies like Tl-180 and Elkin.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fox|first1=Langley|url=http://www.langleyfox.com/|website=Langley Fox|accessdate=25 January 2017}}</ref> |
, [[Marc Jacobs]] amongst others. She went on to produce original artwork for one of Marc Jacobs’ projects and collaborating with companies like Tl-180 and Elkin.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fox|first1=Langley|url=http://www.langleyfox.com/|website=Langley Fox|accessdate=25 January 2017}}</ref> |
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Fox's illustrations vary significantly as far as her subjects are concerned. She draws people, fictional characters, animals and other miscellaneous things she finds interesting. Though the subjects vary, her art does have some consistent themes. Nature is incorporated in a significant amount of her published works, if it is not the direct subject she often finds ways of incorporating it such as adding flowers or a tree to compliment a portrait. Fox's style is easily identifiable as she works predominantly in black, white and gray with very fine line work. However in her commissioned pieces and even in some of her portfolio pieces incorporate color to juxtapose the grays. Fox's attention to detail in her line work is one of the reasons her pieces appear as life like as they do. Additionally Fox has stated that visuals, especially photography, films, and other artists illustrations provide the inspiration for many of her pieces. <ref>{{cite web|title=Kitsuné Talk : The Fantastic Mrs Langley Fox|url=http://www.kitsune.fr/journal/event/the-interview-of-the-fantastic-mrs-langley-fox/|website=Kitsuné|accessdate=17 February 2017}}</ref> |
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==First Kiss== |
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In 2014 Fox participated in an art performance entitled "First Kiss" wherein participants agreed to kiss a stranger they had just met in front of cameras in a studio. Though she only played a small roll in the performance she was interviewed by Into The Gloss, a website that follows fashion and art, about her thoughts on the experience. Fox said that the experience "...was super awkward..." <ref>{{cite web|last1=Coker|first1=Melissa|title=The 'First Kiss' Video: Where Are They Now?|url=https://intothegloss.com/2014/03/who-are-first-kiss-video-actors/|website=Into The Gloss|accessdate=17 February 2017}}</ref> Langley Fox would go on in that same interview to speak on why she thought viewers enjoyed the video so much; "This experience kind of eliminates all the bullshit and allows you to just experience someone somewhat intimately right off the bat. I feel like the only part that made it awkward were that cameras and people were watching us, but really it is such a beautiful concept about human relationships. It’s intimate without being sexual." |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Introduction
Langley Fox is an american Illustrator and Model (person) based out of Silver Lake, California. Fox is the daughter of actress Mariel Hemingway and documentary filmmaker Stephen Crisman, but is most popularly known as the great-granddaughter of author Ernest Hemingway[1]. She found her passion early on, and was supported by her creative family to express herself in any way she desired. She soon found a love for illustration and the visual form.[2]
Career
After graduating from Otis College of Art and Design[3], Fox pursued illustration full-time. She became especially well known for her photorealistic pencil drawings. Her subjects vary, but her inspiration mostly comes from her childhood in Ketchum, Idaho. “I feel that most of my deep thoughts and ethics come from Idaho. My style comes from anything that I’m attracted to, that could be old icons, people on the street, to made-up characters in my mind.”[4]
Around the beginning of Fox’s career as an artist, she also developed an interest in the fashion industry and decided to work part-time as a model. She has modeled for Alice+Olivia, Louis Vuitton[5] , Marc Jacobs amongst others. She went on to produce original artwork for one of Marc Jacobs’ projects and collaborating with companies like Tl-180 and Elkin.[6]
Fox's illustrations vary significantly as far as her subjects are concerned. She draws people, fictional characters, animals and other miscellaneous things she finds interesting. Though the subjects vary, her art does have some consistent themes. Nature is incorporated in a significant amount of her published works, if it is not the direct subject she often finds ways of incorporating it such as adding flowers or a tree to compliment a portrait. Fox's style is easily identifiable as she works predominantly in black, white and gray with very fine line work. However in her commissioned pieces and even in some of her portfolio pieces incorporate color to juxtapose the grays. Fox's attention to detail in her line work is one of the reasons her pieces appear as life like as they do. Additionally Fox has stated that visuals, especially photography, films, and other artists illustrations provide the inspiration for many of her pieces. [7]
First Kiss
In 2014 Fox participated in an art performance entitled "First Kiss" wherein participants agreed to kiss a stranger they had just met in front of cameras in a studio. Though she only played a small roll in the performance she was interviewed by Into The Gloss, a website that follows fashion and art, about her thoughts on the experience. Fox said that the experience "...was super awkward..." [8] Langley Fox would go on in that same interview to speak on why she thought viewers enjoyed the video so much; "This experience kind of eliminates all the bullshit and allows you to just experience someone somewhat intimately right off the bat. I feel like the only part that made it awkward were that cameras and people were watching us, but really it is such a beautiful concept about human relationships. It’s intimate without being sexual."
References
- ^ "Kitsune Talk: The Fantastic Mrs. Langley Fox". Kitsune.fr. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ Jones, Justin. "Langley Fox: A Hemingway In All But Name". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ Eckhardt, Stephanie. "Illustrator Langley Fox Is Upping Her Artist Game". W Magazine. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ Jones, Justin. "Langley Fox: A Hemingway In All But Name". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ Piery, Kerry. "5 Minutes With: Langley Fox". Harpers Bazaar. Hearst Communications. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ Fox, Langley. Langley Fox http://www.langleyfox.com/. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Kitsuné Talk : The Fantastic Mrs Langley Fox". Kitsuné. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ Coker, Melissa. "The 'First Kiss' Video: Where Are They Now?". Into The Gloss. Retrieved 17 February 2017.