Disney VFX Supervisor Pays Homage to 'A Great Day in Harlem'

Disney VFX Supervisor Pays Homage to 'A Great Day in Harlem'

June 28, 2022

The iconic “A Great Day in Harlem” photograph of 57 jazz musicians taken by Art Kane in 1958 was the inspiration for the recently recreated “A Great Day in Animation” photo of 54 Black professionals in animation.

The homage was the brainchild of Disney visual effects supervisor Marlon West, and was taken just a few weeks ago by Randy Shropshire with Jeff Vespa as production lead.

To quote variety.com:

For decades, West has been moved by “A Great Day in Harlem,” as well as Jean Bach’s Oscar-nominated film of the same name, which documents how the photo came to be.

“I’ve had a framed copy of that photo in my office or somewhere for 30 years,” West tells Variety. “And I thought it would be cool to do the same thing with Black animators.”

Read the source article at goodblacknews.org

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