Best face forward

A photographer turns the camera on himself and builds an exhibit by taking on multiple personas

By Nadine Kam

~~<p>Before Instagram launched in 2010, allowing anyone to add an archival quality and OK patina to disposable snapshots, Cheyne Gallarde of Firebird Photography was making a career as the go-to guy for nostalgic retro and vintage-inspired photography.</p>
<p>As a part-time actor, he had a flair for the theatrical — and the idea of transporting contemporary individuals into the 1950s and beyond. A romp on his website, www.firebirdphoto.com, will turn up such early 20th-century icons as the milkman, the 1950s house frau, the greaser, the gangster and the moll.</p>
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Before Instagram launched in 2010, allowing anyone to add an archival quality and OK patina to disposable snapshots, Cheyne Gallarde of Firebird Photography was making a career as the go-to guy for nostalgic retro and vintage-inspired photography.

As a part-time actor, he had a flair for the theatrical — and the idea of transporting contemporary individuals into the 1950s and beyond. A romp on his website, www.firebirdphoto.com, will turn up such early 20th-century icons as the milkman, the 1950s house frau, the greaser, the gangster and the moll. Login for more...