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Atlanta was blessed with an explosion of hair-raising talent over this weekend, as the Bronner Brothers International Hair Show took place at the Georgia World Congress Center.
Regretfully, I couldn't be there. But ATL's own celebrity photographer par excellence, Freddy O, was in the house, and he was kind enough to share his photos with us at BV Hair Talk!
I heart Freddy. Thanks so much for your generosity. Visit his blog at FreddyO.com for the latest celebrity happenings and hijinks in and around Atlanta.
The beautiful thing about the Bronner Brothers show is creativity is on display. Vivid, vivid display. This year's theme appears to be color to the max. The more outrageous, the better.
The Bronner Brothers show is all about fantasy hair and makeup, but we're wondering -- do you see any styles you'd actually consider rockin' here?
Check out these snaps by Freddy O; Gallery by Patrice Yursik aka Afrobella.
2008 Deaths
Odetta Holmes
"The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement" was a singer, actress, guitarist, songwriter and activist.
December 31 1930 - December 2 2008.
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Bernie Mac
Comedian, Actor
Oct. 5, 1957 - Aug. 9, 2008.
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Isaac Hayes
Singer, songwriter, record producer, composer and actor.
August 20, 1942 - August 10, 2008
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Miriam Makeba, "Mama Africa"
South African folk singer and anti-apartheid activist.
March 4, 1932 - November 10, 2008.
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Jennifer Hudson's 57-year-old mother, Darnell Donerson, brother, Jason, and 7-year-old nephew, Julian King, were killed in 2008.
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Shakir Stewart
The Island Def Jam executive who became head of the legendary rap label following Jay-Z's departure, killed himself on Nov. 1. He was 34 years old.
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George Carlin
Stand-up comedian, actor and author.
May 12, 1937 - June 22, 2008
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Madelyn Dunham
Barack Obama's grandmother
October 26, 1922 - Nov 3, 2008.
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Levi Stubbs
Oct. 17: The iconic lead singer, second from left, who gave voice to Four Tops classics like "Reach Out I'll Be There" and "Baby I Need Your Loving" died at 72 from complications of cancer and a stroke. Abdul Fakir, far left, is now the sole living member of the original quartet.
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Dee Dee Warwick
Oct. 18: The soul songstress died after months of declining health. Warwick, the sister of soul legend Dionne, also achieved a great deal of success, both as a solo artist as well as with her sister.
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By: Ya'acob on 8/28/2009 2:19PM
To m0ng00se ...You people never fail to amaze me. To show how ignorant and yet self-rightous you people have to be...here you are using racist name (And if a nigra)and ( jungle bunny during an African )TO REFERENCE OF PLACE OF ORIGIN AND YET YOU SAY YOUR NOT A RACIST. THE NATIVE AMERICANS CALLED YOU DEVILS WITH A FORK TONGUE, THE ACIENT EGYPTIANS CLAIM TO HAVE CREATED YOU PEOPLE AND THEY CALLED YOU CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL....THE ARABS AND MUSLIMS CALL YOU SATAN...AND SO CALLED BLACKS KNOW YOUR THE DEVIL. YOU PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS LABLING OTHER PEOPLE AS UNHUMAN WHEN IF YOU RESEARCH YOUR BARBARIC HISTORY YOU WILL FIND WHITES FIT THE DESCRIPTION OF SAVAGE,DEVIL, BARBARIAN , ANIMAL ,AND JUST PLAIN NOT HUMAN.IT'S NO WONDER THE WHOLE WORLD DISPISE THE AMERICAN WHITE MAN...EVEN YOUR MORE PURE WHITE EUROPEANS.YOUR JUST A BRIME EXAMPLE WHY....YOUR PATHETIC, BUT KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK BECAUSE THE MORE "YOU PEOPLE"BE YOUR TRUE SELVES, THE MORE YOU MAKE ME FEEL SOOOOO SUPERIOR TO YOU,OK.
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By: SEXY RED B on 8/28/2009 6:57PM
I LOVE THOSE TWO CRAZY HAIR STYLES,I WOULD WEAR THE HELL OUT OF BOTH OF THEM.
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By: toya on 8/28/2009 10:45PM
Man thats y black people were created...people should do what ever they want with their hair...stop being haters and be congradulaters...
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By: shantrell on 8/31/2009 4:12PM
BASICALLY IT LOOKS AS IF IT IS THE SAME OLD STUFF YEAR AFTER YEAR. KNOW ONE EVER COMES UP WITH ANYTHING COMPLETELY NEW . THE HAIR SHOW IS OUT THE WINDOW AND THE PUPPET/ CLOWN SHOW IS IN....HOWEVER THEY ARE REPRESENTING THE HAIR SHOW? ALL I SEE IS RIBBONS, RAGS, FEATHERS, STRAWS, STRINGS, ROPES, PAINT, AND BIKINI'S. BUT VERY LITTLE STYLE OF THE ACTUAL HAIR ITSELF. MY LORD, WHAT IN THE WORLD HAS HAPPENED.
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By: BOO on 9/05/2009 10:26PM
AND YOU ALL CALL DAT TALENT............LOL..........SEE WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU GET EDJUMACATED BY YOUR CRACK HEAD DEALER'S MOTHER BROVA! LOL........IS RUE PAUL BACK IN TOWN?
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By: wtfxitsxcookie on 9/09/2009 4:35PM
yooh know what that was very ignorant and what do you do for a living
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By: wtfxitsxcookie on 9/09/2009 4:34PM
oh wow ilove thee fact that hair atist get really creative with there work lol buhht iWOULd like tooh seeh them dooh hair that women like us can wear on a day to day basis
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By: oscar t bear on 10/29/2009 12:17PM
It's bad enough in a movie but there isn't much creativity anymore in any of the hair shows black or white. It's the whole ensemble. Hair and clothes.
There's not really a show of talent, just props. With Halloween around the corner, I hate to say, not much difference between the two.
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