{"id":5419,"date":"2012-03-16T04:02:02","date_gmt":"2012-03-16T11:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=5419"},"modified":"2012-03-16T07:20:45","modified_gmt":"2012-03-16T14:20:45","slug":"whitney-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2012\/03\/whitney-houston\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitney Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5428\" title=\"Encore-Whitney-Houston-JanFeb-2012\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Encore-Whitney-Houston-JanFeb-20121.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Encore-Whitney-Houston-JanFeb-20121.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Encore-Whitney-Houston-JanFeb-20121-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>PHOTOGRAPHER NORMAN SEEFF WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS SESSION WITH the late Whitney Houston in 1990, at the height of her career. \u201cI viewed her as a towering master of emotional expression, someone whose voice was transcendent,\u201d he says. \u201cI was thrilled about the opportunity.\u201d Seeff rented a large studio for the shoot, replete with clothing and makeup specialists. \u201cWe had a substantial team, and she brought her own people,\u201d he says. \u201cShe walked in drop-dead gorgeous\u2014tall, slim and clear-eyed.\u201d But it was Houston\u2019s own gracious nature that left a lasting impression on the photographer. \u201cShe was one of the most appreciative people I\u2019ve ever worked with,\u201d he says. \u201cWhitney was completely enthusiastic about everything I asked her to do. She was very interactive and vulnerable and open.\u201d This outtake captures Houston in an unguarded moment, receiving a touch-up from her stylist. \u201cYou can see her lovely innocence, the clear-eyed person she was,\u201d Seeff says. \u201cI especially like this shot because it represents the feel of who she really was at the time: a lovely, communicative young woman who seemed delighted with her life and stress-free. We had a lovely time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; PHOTOGRAPHER NORMAN SEEFF WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS SESSION WITH the late Whitney Houston in 1990, at the height of her career. \u201cI viewed her as a towering master of emotional expression, someone whose voice was transcendent,\u201d he says. \u201cI was thrilled about the opportunity.\u201d Seeff rented a large studio for the shoot, replete with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1629,3262],"tags":[10164,3185,10166,3281],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5419"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5419"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5430,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5419\/revisions\/5430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}