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Carl Bradley Legg interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-29

Carl Bradley Legg interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-29

Brad Legg's home salon is located in the Appalachian hills of Rainelle, West Virginia. Brad talks about his family of coal miners; his history of styling hair; his regular customers and how he was able to build... More

Patrick Wellington interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-10

Patrick Wellington interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-10

Patrick Wellington is an established New York hairdresser from Jamaica. In this interview he discusses the importance of taking care of his body to meet the physical demands of the job; attending hair shows; th... More

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-06

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor...

Shuly Amsel is the owner and operator of Shuly's Wigs. Her business started as a small operation out of her home. Today, Shuly's Wigs are highly sought after. She runs a retail and wholesale operation. Her clie... More

Carl Bradley Legg interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-29

Carl Bradley Legg interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-29

Brad Legg's home salon is located in the Appalachian hills of Rainelle, West Virginia. Brad talks about his family of coal miners; his history of styling hair; his regular customers and how he was able to build... More

Folosade Bey Al-Rasul and Nzinga Foreman-Bey interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-24

Folosade Bey Al-Rasul and Nzinga Foreman-Bey interview conducted by Ca...

Nzinga and Folosade are sisters who work out of their family home in Philadelphia. They were trained by master braider Yvette Smalls. They specialize in traditional African hair styling and they have developed ... More

Folosade Bey Al-Rasul and Nzinga Foreman-Bey interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-24

Folosade Bey Al-Rasul and Nzinga Foreman-Bey interview conducted by Ca...

Nzinga and Folosade are sisters who work out of their family home in Philadelphia. They were trained by master braider Yvette Smalls. They specialize in traditional African hair styling and they have developed ... More

Karen Pelletier interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-21

Karen Pelletier interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-21

Pelletier has been a barber in the quaint small town of Georgetown, Massachusetts, for twenty-nine years. She discusses her preference to cut men's hair over working in a beauty salon. She's also discusses the ... More

Patrick Wellington interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-10

Patrick Wellington interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-10

Patrick Wellington is an established New York hairdresser from Jamaica. In this interview he discusses the importance of taking care of his body to meet the physical demands of the job; attending hair shows; th... More

Iku Kawashita, Steven Landry, Elizabeth Pierotti, Gretzel Stansbury, and Akiko Yoshihara interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-04

Iku Kawashita, Steven Landry, Elizabeth Pierotti, Gretzel Stansbury, a...

Ozuki Salon is a Japanese salon in Washington D.C. The interview was conducted as a group interview with the Ozuki's owners and staff, and then short individual interviews were recorded afterwards. Ozuki offers... More

Lawrence Freeman interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-15

Lawrence Freeman interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-15

Freeman has been doing hair for about forty years. His clients include Farrah Fawcett, Halston, Debbie Harry, Olympia Dukakis, and Eartha Kitt. His salon is in Provincetown, Massachusetts, a small town in the n... More

Anu Prestonia interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-05

Anu Prestonia interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-05

Anu Prestonia is from Norfolk Virginia, but she moved to New York at age 10. She is the owner of Khamit Kinks, a Brooklyn based salon. After doing hair for 20 years, Anu decided to focus on the administrative a... More

Patrick Wellington interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-10

Patrick Wellington interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-10

Patrick Wellington is an established New York hairdresser from Jamaica. In this interview he discusses the importance of taking care of his body to meet the physical demands of the job; attending hair shows; th... More

Folosade Bey Al-Rasul and Nzinga Foreman-Bey interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-24

Folosade Bey Al-Rasul and Nzinga Foreman-Bey interview conducted by Ca...

Nzinga and Folosade are sisters who work out of their family home in Philadelphia. They were trained by master braider Yvette Smalls. They specialize in traditional African hair styling and they have developed ... More

Gail Bruno interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-13

Gail Bruno interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-13

Gail has a home salon in upstate New York. She has been doing hair for over fifty years. She has a bubbly personality and loves to talk. She is still working at almost seventy-years-old. Most of her clients are... More

Steve Davis interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-02

Steve Davis interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-02

Steve Davis was named "Best Colorist" by Philadelphia Magazine. Much of the interview addresses the techniques and issues of coloring all types of hair. He also talks about the importance of being a responsible... More

Doris Ortiz interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-07

Doris Ortiz interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-07

Doris Ortiz runs iSALON in New York City. She's originally from Singapore. Initially, Doris had a job in Union Square at International Hair Cutting. She decided to open her own shop six years later. Her salon c... More

Poro hair & beauty culture. [Cover page]

Poro hair & beauty culture. [Cover page]

Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More

Jeff Hafler interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-07-26

Jeff Hafler interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-07-26

The interview took place at Jeff Hafler's dining room table. Hafler discusses his hair styling career, starting in Ohio, learning on Black hair and then building his own business in Los Angeles, where he develo... More

Carl Bradley Legg interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-29

Carl Bradley Legg interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-29

Brad Legg's home salon is located in the Appalachian hills of Rainelle, West Virginia. Brad talks about his family of coal miners; his history of styling hair; his regular customers and how he was able to build... More

Terri Shuck interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-05-28

Terri Shuck interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-05-28

Terri Shuck has been doing hair for thirty-two years. She talks about how she started and the role her customers play in her life. She discusses her organizing and timing strategies for doing chemical treatment... More

Jeff Hafler interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-07-26

Jeff Hafler interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-07-26

The interview took place at Jeff Hafler's dining room table. Hafler discusses his hair styling career, starting in Ohio, learning on Black hair and then building his own business in Los Angeles, where he develo... More

Rosaria Monarca interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2013-01-20

Rosaria Monarca interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2013-01-20

Rina Monarca is a Sicilian woman who has been doing hair for about thirty-five years and works with a primarily Black clientele. In this interview, she discusses how to work with different hair textures; workin... More

Steve Davis interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-02

Steve Davis interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-02

Steve Davis was named "Best Colorist" by Philadelphia Magazine. Much of the interview addresses the techniques and issues of coloring all types of hair. He also talks about the importance of being a responsible... More

Doris Ortiz interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-07

Doris Ortiz interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-07

Doris Ortiz runs iSALON in New York City. She's originally from Singapore. Initially, Doris had a job in Union Square at International Hair Cutting. She decided to open her own shop six years later. Her salon c... More

Folosade Bey Al-Rasul and Nzinga Foreman-Bey interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-24

Folosade Bey Al-Rasul and Nzinga Foreman-Bey interview conducted by Ca...

Nzinga and Folosade are sisters who work out of their family home in Philadelphia. They were trained by master braider Yvette Smalls. They specialize in traditional African hair styling and they have developed ... More

Shahzad Hafeez interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-09

Shahzad Hafeez interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-09

Shahzad Hafeez is from Pakistan. He discusses being trained as an engineer and becoming a hairdresser in the United States. He talks about the difference of Indian hair compared to European hair and how Indian ... More

Karen Pelletier interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-21

Karen Pelletier interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-21

Pelletier has been a barber in the quaint small town of Georgetown, Massachusetts, for twenty-nine years. She discusses her preference to cut men's hair over working in a beauty salon. She's also discusses the ... More

Patrick Wellington interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-10

Patrick Wellington interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-10

Patrick Wellington is an established New York hairdresser from Jamaica. In this interview he discusses the importance of taking care of his body to meet the physical demands of the job; attending hair shows; th... More

Terri Shuck interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-05-28

Terri Shuck interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-05-28

Terri Shuck has been doing hair for thirty-two years. She talks about how she started and the role her customers play in her life. She discusses her organizing and timing strategies for doing chemical treatment... More

Anu Prestonia interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-05

Anu Prestonia interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-05

Anu Prestonia is from Norfolk Virginia, but she moved to New York at age 10. She is the owner of Khamit Kinks, a Brooklyn based salon. After doing hair for 20 years, Anu decided to focus on the administrative a... More

Iku Kawashita, Steven Landry, Elizabeth Pierotti, Gretzel Stansbury, and Akiko Yoshihara interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-04

Iku Kawashita, Steven Landry, Elizabeth Pierotti, Gretzel Stansbury, a...

Ozuki Salon is a Japanese salon in Washington D.C. The interview was conducted as a group interview with the Ozuki's owners and staff, and then short individual interviews were recorded afterwards. Ozuki offers... More

Lawrence Freeman interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-15

Lawrence Freeman interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-15

Freeman has been doing hair for about forty years. His clients include Farrah Fawcett, Halston, Debbie Harry, Olympia Dukakis, and Eartha Kitt. His salon is in Provincetown, Massachusetts, a small town in the n... More

Doris Ortiz interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-07

Doris Ortiz interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-07

Doris Ortiz runs iSALON in New York City. She's originally from Singapore. Initially, Doris had a job in Union Square at International Hair Cutting. She decided to open her own shop six years later. Her salon c... More

Gail Bruno interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-13

Gail Bruno interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-13

Gail has a home salon in upstate New York. She has been doing hair for over fifty years. She has a bubbly personality and loves to talk. She is still working at almost seventy-years-old. Most of her clients are... More

Steve Davis interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-02

Steve Davis interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-02

Steve Davis was named "Best Colorist" by Philadelphia Magazine. Much of the interview addresses the techniques and issues of coloring all types of hair. He also talks about the importance of being a responsible... More

Terri Shuck interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-05-28

Terri Shuck interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-05-28

Terri Shuck has been doing hair for thirty-two years. She talks about how she started and the role her customers play in her life. She discusses her organizing and timing strategies for doing chemical treatment... More

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-06

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor...

Shuly Amsel is the owner and operator of Shuly's Wigs. Her business started as a small operation out of her home. Today, Shuly's Wigs are highly sought after. She runs a retail and wholesale operation. Her clie... More

Karen Pelletier interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-21

Karen Pelletier interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-21

Pelletier has been a barber in the quaint small town of Georgetown, Massachusetts, for twenty-nine years. She discusses her preference to cut men's hair over working in a beauty salon. She's also discusses the ... More

Anu Prestonia interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-05

Anu Prestonia interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-05

Anu Prestonia is from Norfolk Virginia, but she moved to New York at age 10. She is the owner of Khamit Kinks, a Brooklyn based salon. After doing hair for 20 years, Anu decided to focus on the administrative a... More

Carl Bradley Legg interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-29

Carl Bradley Legg interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-29

Brad Legg's home salon is located in the Appalachian hills of Rainelle, West Virginia. Brad talks about his family of coal miners; his history of styling hair; his regular customers and how he was able to build... More

Iku Kawashita, Steven Landry, Elizabeth Pierotti, Gretzel Stansbury, and Akiko Yoshihara interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-04

Iku Kawashita, Steven Landry, Elizabeth Pierotti, Gretzel Stansbury, a...

Ozuki Salon is a Japanese salon in Washington D.C. The interview was conducted as a group interview with the Ozuki's owners and staff, and then short individual interviews were recorded afterwards. Ozuki offers... More

Folosade Bey Al-Rasul and Nzinga Foreman-Bey interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-24

Folosade Bey Al-Rasul and Nzinga Foreman-Bey interview conducted by Ca...

Nzinga and Folosade are sisters who work out of their family home in Philadelphia. They were trained by master braider Yvette Smalls. They specialize in traditional African hair styling and they have developed ... More

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-06

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor...

Shuly Amsel is the owner and operator of Shuly's Wigs. Her business started as a small operation out of her home. Today, Shuly's Wigs are highly sought after. She runs a retail and wholesale operation. Her clie... More

Patrick Wellington interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-10

Patrick Wellington interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-10

Patrick Wellington is an established New York hairdresser from Jamaica. In this interview he discusses the importance of taking care of his body to meet the physical demands of the job; attending hair shows; th... More

Rosaria Monarca interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2013-01-20

Rosaria Monarca interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2013-01-20

Rina Monarca is a Sicilian woman who has been doing hair for about thirty-five years and works with a primarily Black clientele. In this interview, she discusses how to work with different hair textures; workin... More

Patrick Wellington interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-10

Patrick Wellington interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-10

Patrick Wellington is an established New York hairdresser from Jamaica. In this interview he discusses the importance of taking care of his body to meet the physical demands of the job; attending hair shows; th... More

Roberts School of Beauty Culture, Covington, Alabama

Roberts School of Beauty Culture, Covington, Alabama

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Beauty shops; Main Street. Purchase; John Margolies 2007 (DLC/PP-2007:125). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside... More

Rosaria Monarca interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2013-01-20

Rosaria Monarca interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2013-01-20

Rina Monarca is a Sicilian woman who has been doing hair for about thirty-five years and works with a primarily Black clientele. In this interview, she discusses how to work with different hair textures; workin... More

Doris Ortiz interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-07

Doris Ortiz interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-07

Doris Ortiz runs iSALON in New York City. She's originally from Singapore. Initially, Doris had a job in Union Square at International Hair Cutting. She decided to open her own shop six years later. Her salon c... More

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-06

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor...

Shuly Amsel is the owner and operator of Shuly's Wigs. Her business started as a small operation out of her home. Today, Shuly's Wigs are highly sought after. She runs a retail and wholesale operation. Her clie... More

Anu Prestonia interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-05

Anu Prestonia interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-05

Anu Prestonia is from Norfolk Virginia, but she moved to New York at age 10. She is the owner of Khamit Kinks, a Brooklyn based salon. After doing hair for 20 years, Anu decided to focus on the administrative a... More

Gail Bruno interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-13

Gail Bruno interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-13

Gail has a home salon in upstate New York. She has been doing hair for over fifty years. She has a bubbly personality and loves to talk. She is still working at almost seventy-years-old. Most of her clients are... More

Shahzad Hafeez interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-09

Shahzad Hafeez interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-09

Shahzad Hafeez is from Pakistan. He discusses being trained as an engineer and becoming a hairdresser in the United States. He talks about the difference of Indian hair compared to European hair and how Indian ... More

Shahzad Hafeez interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-09

Shahzad Hafeez interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-09

Shahzad Hafeez is from Pakistan. He discusses being trained as an engineer and becoming a hairdresser in the United States. He talks about the difference of Indian hair compared to European hair and how Indian ... More

Terri Shuck interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-05-28

Terri Shuck interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-05-28

Terri Shuck has been doing hair for thirty-two years. She talks about how she started and the role her customers play in her life. She discusses her organizing and timing strategies for doing chemical treatment... More

Karen Pelletier interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-21

Karen Pelletier interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-21

Pelletier has been a barber in the quaint small town of Georgetown, Massachusetts, for twenty-nine years. She discusses her preference to cut men's hair over working in a beauty salon. She's also discusses the ... More

Gail Bruno interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-13

Gail Bruno interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-13

Gail has a home salon in upstate New York. She has been doing hair for over fifty years. She has a bubbly personality and loves to talk. She is still working at almost seventy-years-old. Most of her clients are... More

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-06

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor...

Shuly Amsel is the owner and operator of Shuly's Wigs. Her business started as a small operation out of her home. Today, Shuly's Wigs are highly sought after. She runs a retail and wholesale operation. Her clie... More

Lawrence Freeman interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-15

Lawrence Freeman interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-15

Freeman has been doing hair for about forty years. His clients include Farrah Fawcett, Halston, Debbie Harry, Olympia Dukakis, and Eartha Kitt. His salon is in Provincetown, Massachusetts, a small town in the n... More

Terri Shuck interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-05-28

Terri Shuck interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-05-28

Terri Shuck has been doing hair for thirty-two years. She talks about how she started and the role her customers play in her life. She discusses her organizing and timing strategies for doing chemical treatment... More

Jeff Hafler interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-07-26

Jeff Hafler interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-07-26

The interview took place at Jeff Hafler's dining room table. Hafler discusses his hair styling career, starting in Ohio, learning on Black hair and then building his own business in Los Angeles, where he develo... More

Doris Ortiz interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-07

Doris Ortiz interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-07

Doris Ortiz runs iSALON in New York City. She's originally from Singapore. Initially, Doris had a job in Union Square at International Hair Cutting. She decided to open her own shop six years later. Her salon c... More

Lawrence Freeman interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-15

Lawrence Freeman interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-15

Freeman has been doing hair for about forty years. His clients include Farrah Fawcett, Halston, Debbie Harry, Olympia Dukakis, and Eartha Kitt. His salon is in Provincetown, Massachusetts, a small town in the n... More

Karen Pelletier interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-21

Karen Pelletier interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-21

Pelletier has been a barber in the quaint small town of Georgetown, Massachusetts, for twenty-nine years. She discusses her preference to cut men's hair over working in a beauty salon. She's also discusses the ... More

Anu Prestonia interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-05

Anu Prestonia interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-05

Anu Prestonia is from Norfolk Virginia, but she moved to New York at age 10. She is the owner of Khamit Kinks, a Brooklyn based salon. After doing hair for 20 years, Anu decided to focus on the administrative a... More

Carl Bradley Legg interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-29

Carl Bradley Legg interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-29

Brad Legg's home salon is located in the Appalachian hills of Rainelle, West Virginia. Brad talks about his family of coal miners; his history of styling hair; his regular customers and how he was able to build... More

Gail Bruno interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-13

Gail Bruno interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-13

Gail has a home salon in upstate New York. She has been doing hair for over fifty years. She has a bubbly personality and loves to talk. She is still working at almost seventy-years-old. Most of her clients are... More

Carl Bradley Legg interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-29

Carl Bradley Legg interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-29

Brad Legg's home salon is located in the Appalachian hills of Rainelle, West Virginia. Brad talks about his family of coal miners; his history of styling hair; his regular customers and how he was able to build... More

Lawrence Freeman interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-15

Lawrence Freeman interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-15

Freeman has been doing hair for about forty years. His clients include Farrah Fawcett, Halston, Debbie Harry, Olympia Dukakis, and Eartha Kitt. His salon is in Provincetown, Massachusetts, a small town in the n... More

Patrick Wellington interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-10

Patrick Wellington interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-10

Patrick Wellington is an established New York hairdresser from Jamaica. In this interview he discusses the importance of taking care of his body to meet the physical demands of the job; attending hair shows; th... More

Steve Davis interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-02

Steve Davis interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-02

Steve Davis was named "Best Colorist" by Philadelphia Magazine. Much of the interview addresses the techniques and issues of coloring all types of hair. He also talks about the importance of being a responsible... More

Karen Pelletier interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-21

Karen Pelletier interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-21

Pelletier has been a barber in the quaint small town of Georgetown, Massachusetts, for twenty-nine years. She discusses her preference to cut men's hair over working in a beauty salon. She's also discusses the ... More

Carl Bradley Legg interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-29

Carl Bradley Legg interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-29

Brad Legg's home salon is located in the Appalachian hills of Rainelle, West Virginia. Brad talks about his family of coal miners; his history of styling hair; his regular customers and how he was able to build... More

Carl Bradley Legg interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-29

Carl Bradley Legg interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-29

Brad Legg's home salon is located in the Appalachian hills of Rainelle, West Virginia. Brad talks about his family of coal miners; his history of styling hair; his regular customers and how he was able to build... More

Doris Ortiz interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-07

Doris Ortiz interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-07

Doris Ortiz runs iSALON in New York City. She's originally from Singapore. Initially, Doris had a job in Union Square at International Hair Cutting. She decided to open her own shop six years later. Her salon c... More

Anu Prestonia interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-05

Anu Prestonia interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-05

Anu Prestonia is from Norfolk Virginia, but she moved to New York at age 10. She is the owner of Khamit Kinks, a Brooklyn based salon. After doing hair for 20 years, Anu decided to focus on the administrative a... More

Folosade Bey Al-Rasul and Nzinga Foreman-Bey interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-24

Folosade Bey Al-Rasul and Nzinga Foreman-Bey interview conducted by Ca...

Nzinga and Folosade are sisters who work out of their family home in Philadelphia. They were trained by master braider Yvette Smalls. They specialize in traditional African hair styling and they have developed ... More

Rosaria Monarca interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2013-01-20

Rosaria Monarca interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2013-01-20

Rina Monarca is a Sicilian woman who has been doing hair for about thirty-five years and works with a primarily Black clientele. In this interview, she discusses how to work with different hair textures; workin... More

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-06

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor...

Shuly Amsel is the owner and operator of Shuly's Wigs. Her business started as a small operation out of her home. Today, Shuly's Wigs are highly sought after. She runs a retail and wholesale operation. Her clie... More

Patrick Wellington interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-10

Patrick Wellington interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-10

Patrick Wellington is an established New York hairdresser from Jamaica. In this interview he discusses the importance of taking care of his body to meet the physical demands of the job; attending hair shows; th... More

Folosade Bey Al-Rasul and Nzinga Foreman-Bey interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-24

Folosade Bey Al-Rasul and Nzinga Foreman-Bey interview conducted by Ca...

Nzinga and Folosade are sisters who work out of their family home in Philadelphia. They were trained by master braider Yvette Smalls. They specialize in traditional African hair styling and they have developed ... More

Carl Bradley Legg interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-29

Carl Bradley Legg interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-29

Brad Legg's home salon is located in the Appalachian hills of Rainelle, West Virginia. Brad talks about his family of coal miners; his history of styling hair; his regular customers and how he was able to build... More

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-06

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor...

Shuly Amsel is the owner and operator of Shuly's Wigs. Her business started as a small operation out of her home. Today, Shuly's Wigs are highly sought after. She runs a retail and wholesale operation. Her clie... More

Gail Bruno interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-13

Gail Bruno interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-13

Gail has a home salon in upstate New York. She has been doing hair for over fifty years. She has a bubbly personality and loves to talk. She is still working at almost seventy-years-old. Most of her clients are... More

Gail Bruno interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-13

Gail Bruno interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-13

Gail has a home salon in upstate New York. She has been doing hair for over fifty years. She has a bubbly personality and loves to talk. She is still working at almost seventy-years-old. Most of her clients are... More

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-06

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor...

Shuly Amsel is the owner and operator of Shuly's Wigs. Her business started as a small operation out of her home. Today, Shuly's Wigs are highly sought after. She runs a retail and wholesale operation. Her clie... More

Shahzad Hafeez interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-09

Shahzad Hafeez interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-09

Shahzad Hafeez is from Pakistan. He discusses being trained as an engineer and becoming a hairdresser in the United States. He talks about the difference of Indian hair compared to European hair and how Indian ... More

Carl Bradley Legg interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-29

Carl Bradley Legg interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-29

Brad Legg's home salon is located in the Appalachian hills of Rainelle, West Virginia. Brad talks about his family of coal miners; his history of styling hair; his regular customers and how he was able to build... More

Jeff Hafler interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-07-26

Jeff Hafler interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-07-26

The interview took place at Jeff Hafler's dining room table. Hafler discusses his hair styling career, starting in Ohio, learning on Black hair and then building his own business in Los Angeles, where he develo... More

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-06

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor...

Shuly Amsel is the owner and operator of Shuly's Wigs. Her business started as a small operation out of her home. Today, Shuly's Wigs are highly sought after. She runs a retail and wholesale operation. Her clie... More

Shahzad Hafeez interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-09

Shahzad Hafeez interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-09

Shahzad Hafeez is from Pakistan. He discusses being trained as an engineer and becoming a hairdresser in the United States. He talks about the difference of Indian hair compared to European hair and how Indian ... More

Lawrence Freeman interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-15

Lawrence Freeman interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-15

Freeman has been doing hair for about forty years. His clients include Farrah Fawcett, Halston, Debbie Harry, Olympia Dukakis, and Eartha Kitt. His salon is in Provincetown, Massachusetts, a small town in the n... More

Shahzad Hafeez interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-09

Shahzad Hafeez interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-09

Shahzad Hafeez is from Pakistan. He discusses being trained as an engineer and becoming a hairdresser in the United States. He talks about the difference of Indian hair compared to European hair and how Indian ... More

Iku Kawashita, Steven Landry, Elizabeth Pierotti, Gretzel Stansbury, and Akiko Yoshihara interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-04

Iku Kawashita, Steven Landry, Elizabeth Pierotti, Gretzel Stansbury, a...

Ozuki Salon is a Japanese salon in Washington D.C. The interview was conducted as a group interview with the Ozuki's owners and staff, and then short individual interviews were recorded afterwards. Ozuki offers... More

Folosade Bey Al-Rasul and Nzinga Foreman-Bey interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-24

Folosade Bey Al-Rasul and Nzinga Foreman-Bey interview conducted by Ca...

Nzinga and Folosade are sisters who work out of their family home in Philadelphia. They were trained by master braider Yvette Smalls. They specialize in traditional African hair styling and they have developed ... More

Steve Davis interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-02

Steve Davis interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-02

Steve Davis was named "Best Colorist" by Philadelphia Magazine. Much of the interview addresses the techniques and issues of coloring all types of hair. He also talks about the importance of being a responsible... More

Shahzad Hafeez interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-09

Shahzad Hafeez interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-09

Shahzad Hafeez is from Pakistan. He discusses being trained as an engineer and becoming a hairdresser in the United States. He talks about the difference of Indian hair compared to European hair and how Indian ... More

Gail Bruno interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-13

Gail Bruno interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-13

Gail has a home salon in upstate New York. She has been doing hair for over fifty years. She has a bubbly personality and loves to talk. She is still working at almost seventy-years-old. Most of her clients are... More

Karen Pelletier interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-21

Karen Pelletier interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-21

Pelletier has been a barber in the quaint small town of Georgetown, Massachusetts, for twenty-nine years. She discusses her preference to cut men's hair over working in a beauty salon. She's also discusses the ... More

Doris Ortiz interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-07

Doris Ortiz interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-07

Doris Ortiz runs iSALON in New York City. She's originally from Singapore. Initially, Doris had a job in Union Square at International Hair Cutting. She decided to open her own shop six years later. Her salon c... More

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