Interview
Steel Notes Magazine
July & August 2016
Interview
Celebrity Photographer Alan Mercer
Upfront Interview With The Man Behind The Camera
Ladies and Gentlemen and Children of All Ages ... I am your Ring Leader ... My name is Marlowe B West ... Today The Whirling Worldz of Marlowe B West is taking you all into the fantasy world of Hollywood Photography ... Once upon a time ... a most brilliant star came down from the heavens ... in the radiant ( stop-you-dead-in-yourtracks ) form of none other than Mamie Van Doren ... The Goddess has reigned supreme as immortal Movie Queen ever since ... Anyone who is anyone knows this fairytale come true inside out ... It ’ s what the American Dream is all about ... Along this Golden Bombshell ’ s trail through success and glory , Mamie certainly caught the attention and eye of the world ... Our Platinum Blonde Sex Symbol was besieged with every kind of camera known to man at once ... One camera ’ s eye belongs to World Renown Photographer Alan Mercer ... who has captured her magnificently ecstatic images for all to thrill upon ... Mr . Mercer ’ s spellbinding photographs of Mamie Van Doren are , and shall always be , beacons of untiring glamourousness and dramatic frivolity through all posterity ... I am deeply honoured and it gives me such royal pleasure to have him join us here today on Steel Notes Magazine ... I am sure he will share some of the magic he has been so blessed to possess .
MBW : Come on Alan ... Let ’ s take a stroll through this lovely setting I ’ ve just created especially for you ... and as we go along perhaps you will begin to tell my beautiful and loyal followers how and where this all began for you ???
AM : Well Marlowe , I was always interested in pop culture and I always enjoyed seeing the extra glamorous photos of movie stars from the 1930 ’ s . I started drawing as a kid and got some attention for my talent as early as first grade . After high school I knew I
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