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If you’ve ever dreamed of stepping into the elegance of old Hollywood — of being photographed with the same reverence as the icons of the Golden Age — this is your moment.
Reimagine Yourself in the Golden Age of Hollywood
A Couture Portrait Experience Inspired by the Icons of the 1940s and 1950s
There is a magic that lives inside the classic portraits of the 1940s and 50s — a luminous elegance shaped by sculpted lighting, refined couture, and the quiet confidence of Hollywood’s greatest icons. These images weren’t just photographs; they were moments in time where light, style, and persona blended into something eternal.
Today, that magic returns — and it returns for you.
Through a carefully crafted blend of fine-art portrait photography and intelligent couture image design, I now offer a transformative experience where your face, your identity, your presence becomes the muse of a mid-century atelier.
Source of Inspiration - Hollywood’s Golden Era
& The World of 40’s and 50’s Couture Fashion
*Our inspiration comes from:
Fashion Designers: Givenchy, Dior, Balenciaga, Balmain, Jacques Fath, Schiaparelli.
Fashion & Portrait Photographers: Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Horst P. Horst, Cecil Beaton, George Hoyningen-Huene, George Hurrell.
*These references are cited solely for historical and artistic inspiration.
All portraits are original works and are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with any designer, photographer, or estate
Hollywood in the 1940’s Era
Hollywood in the 1950’s Era
Original Images ©David Lloyd Photography as depictions of The Golden Era of Hollywood
Any resemblances to actual persons is purely coincidental
Revisiting this Golden Age of Photography and
Couture Styling is only an appointment away. Call (480) 284-5516
Original Couture Renditions ©David Lloyd Photography
This example also depicts the lighting used to create the original portrait. For each portrait session a variety of lighting styles can be used to set the stage for the Couture Portrait desired.
Your resulting Portrait can be framed and or mounted.
A Timeless portrait of You
Picture your own Era Derived Portrait in Your Home
These two images from Portrait Sessions are then transformed with care to the Couture images above each one as examples of the process. Of course, there are a multitude of design options. The outfits worn at the Portrait Session are optional. Photographed against a medium gray backdrop as seen here, is then carefully transformed through artistic rendering to the Couture image above.
An Heirloom of Poise and Distinction
The Styles and Magic of the Process
The magic occurs as a result of years of experience in creating Fine Art photographic images, giving careful attention to every detail to realize your vision. Read below for the full process…
How It Works
I begin by photographing you in the studio — capturing your natural beauty, your unique features, and the subtle expressions that make you unmistakably you. From there, state-of-the-art image design allows me to place your facial likeness into an exquisitely crafted portrait inspired by:
Givenchy couture silhouettes of the 1950s
Irving Penn’s luminous studio lighting
the sculptural elegance of Grace Kelly, Lauren Bacall, and iconic couture muses
the quiet power and confidence of women photographed at their timeless best
These portraits are not replicas or costumes. They are fine-art interpretations — reimagined studio masterworks where your identity, your spirit, and your expression become the centerpiece.
Each finished portrait includes:
Custom-designed 1940s and 1950s couture wardrobe styling
Authentic mid-century lighting and film aesthetics
Museum-grade matte presentation
A fine 4×5 film border reminiscent of large-format studio photography
Blind-embossed atelier branding: Atelier Havelock de Gris — Édition Couture 1956 Lumière
Every detail is crafted with intention — from the angle of the shoulders to the luminous highlight on the cheekbone. The result is a portrait that feels as timeless as the era that inspired it.
Why This Experience Is Different
This is not a quick filter, not a gimmick, not an imitation.
It is a collaboration between photography, design, fashion, and artistic vision — rooted in classical portraiture and elevated through modern creative tools.
It is an opportunity to see yourself as you’ve never seen yourself before:
confident, elegant, sculptural, and beautifully at home in the cinematic world of the mid-century atelier.
For Yourself. For Your Legacy. For Art.
Imagine gifting such a portrait to someone you love.
Imagine passing it forward to generations who will look at it and say,
“This was her. This was who she was.”
These portraits are heirlooms — not just images.
Our Sources of Inspiration
The portraits created in this collection draw inspiration from the refined visual language of mid-century haute couture and classic studio portraiture — an era defined by elegance, craftsmanship, and luminous restraint.
The work is informed by the sculptural couture of designers such as Hubert de Givenchy, Christian Dior, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Pierre Balmain, Jacques Fath, and Elsa Schiaparelli, whose designs shaped the silhouette and sensibility of 1940s and 1950s fashion.
Photographic inspiration comes from the quiet precision and expressive mastery of artists including Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Horst P. Horst, Cecil Beaton, George Hoyningen-Huene, and the great Hollywood studio photographers whose lighting defined the Golden Age of cinema.
These influences are not copied or recreated.
Rather, they serve only as a historical foundation — guiding the mood, posture, lighting, and elegance of each portrait while allowing every image to remain entirely original, personal, and contemporary.
Each finished work is a modern interpretation of timeless style — shaped by the past, created for the present, and intended to endure.