Who is this Woman?

[xpatUSA]

She keeps showing up in Technical Articles to do with Photography on different sites (and it's always the same image)!



Looks familiar ... is it Sophia Loren, I wonder?

[arbits]

She keeps showing up in Technical Articles to do with Photography on different sites (and it's always the same image)!

Drag and drop it on https://images.google.com/

[xpatUSA]

Drag and drop it on https://images.google.com/

Thanks, just did that - 270 results - all seem to be about photography - got a first name "Lenna" from one of the image file names or captions which led to a Wiki page.

"Lenna or Lena is a standard test image used in the field of image processing since 1973.^[1] It is a picture of the Swedish model Lena Forsén, shot by photographer Dwight Hooker, cropped from the centerfold of the November 1972 issue of Playboy magazine. Forsén has asked for the image to be retired, and its use is now strongly discouraged by scholarly organisations."

Image history is interesting:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenna

More here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena_Fors%C3%A9n

Thanks again!

[lunaticitizen]

It makes me want to see the full picture. No, I haven't searched.. yet

[xpatUSA]

It makes me want to see the full picture. No, I haven't searched.. yet

Quite popular still ...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/174915788311

https://www.amazon.com/Playboy-Magaz.../dp/B00TMIC0ZO
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[odds]

Quite popular still ...

And in some ways perhaps more relevant. Read about the "Losing Lena" documentary https://www.btlnews.com/featured/los...rk-photograph/ and follow the link at the bottom to watch the video.

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Odd S.

[xpatUSA]

And in some ways perhaps more relevant. Read about the "Losing Lena" documentary https://www.btlnews.com/featured/los...rk-photograph/ and follow the link at the bottom to watch the video.

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Odd S.

Very good article!

The video link is to Facebook but YouTube has a few videos on the subject, search "losing lena" ...