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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Alfred Richard Fornay.

Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Alfred Richard Fornay.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Fornay, Alfred
  • Jones, Adrienne (Interviewer)
  • Burghelea, Neculai
  • HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Description
1 online resource (11 video files (5 hr., 17 min., 58 sec.)) : sound, color.
Summary
Editor Alfred Fornay was born on June 8, 1941, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Fornay attended the Wilfred Academy of Beauty and Hair Design, the City College of New York, and the State University of New York's Fashion Institute of Technology. He worked as a beauty editor for several magazines, including Elan, Essence, and Ebony. In 1985, he was Ebony Man's first editor in chief. He was the creative director for Revlon's "Polished Ambers" collection and as a consultant with Fashion Fair Cosmetics. He contributed to a number of magazines and wrote four books: Fornay's Guide to Skin Care and Makeup for Women of Color published in 1989, The African American Woman's Guide to Successful Make-Up and Skin Care in 1998, Born Beautiful: The African American Teenager's Complete Beauty Guide in 2002, and Ageless Beauty: The Skin Care and Make Up Guide for Women and Teens of Color in 2009.
Alternative Title
  • History Makers video oral history with Alfred Richard Fornay
  • Alfred Richard Fornay
Subject
  • Fornay, Alfred > Interviews
  • African Americans > Interviews
  • African Americans
  • Magazine Beauty Editor
Genre/Form
  • Internet videos.
  • Interviews.
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Oral histories.
Credits (note)
  • Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
OCLC
1003150529
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Alfred Richard Fornay.
Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
Playing Time
051758
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
video file
Performer
Adrienne Jones, interviewer.
Credits
Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
Event
Recorded New York, New York 2007 July 19.
Recorded New York, New York 2007 July 23.
Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Indexed Term
Magazine Beauty Editor.
Added Author
Fornay, Alfred, interviewee.
Jones, Adrienne (Interviewer), interviewer.
Burghelea, Neculai, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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