As the story goes, when photographer Bruce McBroom set out to photograph Farrah Fawcett that day in 1976, the series of bikinis she came out of her house in weren't right. Finally she came out in a red one-piece, McBroom threw an old indian blanket over the back of his truck, and one of the most iconic images of a beautiful woman ever produced was born. That simple photo of a smiling, blonde Farrah, with her head titled back and her face aglow with delight, was the product of happy co-incidence (her swimsuit, his truck blanket) and five minutes of shooting. Sometimes the simplest settings, a mixture of the right colors and patterns, and a girl with a pretty smile all come together to make magic.
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