Here is a cool photo collection from Paul Curto that he shot his beautiful wife during the 1970s.
“She was the most beautiful woman in the world in my eyes. The only thing that has changed in all this time is time itself. Einstein had it right. It's all relative.”
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| Mandy and I pose for mom. If you look hard you can see Mandy's engagement ring, March 1971 |
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| We stopped by my home in Maryland just after I had asked Mandy to marry me in early March, 1971 |
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| Mandy in Chincoteague, Virginia, May 1971 |
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| Mandy in Chincoteague, Virginia, May 1971 |
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| The morning afterglow, just before we headed to Chincoteague, May 7, 1971 |
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| Mandy loves her rings, May 7, 1971 |
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| This is Mandy on May 7, 1971, the first day of our honeymoon on Chincoteague Island, VA |
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| Mandy goes for a walk with me on the beach at Chincoteague just as we arrived for our honeymoon after we eloped, May 7, 1971 |
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| She was a vision arising from the Atlantic surf that afternoon, May 7, 1971 |
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| Mandy just having fun on a fishing boat in dry dock on Chincoteague Island, VA during our honeymoon, May 8, 1971 |
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| Mandy in her bikini on honeymoon, May 11, 1971 |
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| Mandy was so full of pep after the ceremony that she started a high-intensity party, September 11, 1971 |
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| Mandy on the way to Brussels at JFK Airport, PanAm Terminal, New York, September 1971 |
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| Mandy and I moved into our new fourth-floor flat in Brussels on Rue Edmond Picard in mid-September, 1971 |
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| Mandy in Brussels, September 1971 |
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| Sleeping in, Brussels, September 1971 |
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| Mandy hung her sketches from her art classes at the Université Libre de Bruxelles in our luxurious European-style bathroom, and used the mirror there to brush her hair and prepare herself for the day, September 1971 |
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| Mandy at Zell Am See at dawn, Austria, December 1971 |
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| Mandy in Amsterdam. Just outside our hostel on one of the canals, Mandy posed before a canal boat. It was exactly one year since we met that day, February 4, 1972 |
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| Mandy at Dam Square in Amsterdam, February 4, 1972 |
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| Mandy on the Kings Road, London, March 1972 |
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| After buying her new hat, she sits down on a chair to rest from a hard day's shopping, the Kings Road, London, March 1972 |
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| Mandy at Hampstead Heath Garden in London, March 16, 1972 |
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| Mandy poses before the King Leopold I Monument near the grounds of the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels, March 1972 |
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| Brussels hall of mirrors, March 6, 1972 |
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| Mandy at Brussels World's Fairgrounds, March 6, 1972 |
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| Walking the streets of Rome, Mandy wanted to enjoy a break at an outdoor cafe to drink some tea, April 1972 |
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| Mandy in Rome, April 1972 |
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| Mandy in Rome takes a break at an overlook of the Palatine Hill, April 1972 |
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| Mandy posing in the Roman Forum with the Colosseum in the background, April 1972 |
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| Mandy walking to the Borghese Gardens, April 1972 |
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| Mandy on the street in Rome, April 1972 |
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| On the train to Naples, April 1972 |
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| On the ferry to the Isle of Capri, April 1972 |
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| Mandy has lunch on the Isle of Capri, April 1972 |
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| Mandy with Tiziano's Venus of Urbino, Uffizi, Florence, April 3, 1972 |
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| Piazza San Marco, or St. Mark's Square, April 1972 |
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| Mandy in St. Mark's Square, April 1972 |
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| Mandy poses in front of a gigantic floral display at the Borghese Gardens, April 1972 |
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| Inside a philanthropist's collection in Venice, Mandy poses before a Peter Max masterpiece, April 1972 |
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| Mandy in Brussels center, May 1972 |
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| Mandy loves flowers on her birthday, June 6, 1972 |
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| Mandy in the grass, Maryland, July 1972 |
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| Mandy in rabbit fur, Maryland, September 1972 |
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| Mandy on the couch, Maryland, September 1972 |
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| Mandy zipping the boot, Maryland, September 1972 |
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| Mandy against the bookcase, Maryland, 1972 |
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| Mandy and Dante's Inferno, Maryland, 1972 |
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| The domesticated Mandy in the kitchen of our new apartment in Bethesda, Maryland, September 21, 1972 |
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| One evening during our visit to Hamden in the fall of 1972, Mandy pretends to knit while I take her portrait |
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| The young mother-to-be sharpens her knitting skills in the rocking chair my mother gave us that week, October 1972 |
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| Mandy at 4 months, October 1972 |
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| Mandy at 5 Months, Thanksgiving 1972 |
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| Mandy drinking her milk, November 1972 |
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| Around Christmas I had finished the portrait painting of 'Mandy En Bruxelles' where she strolls down a Brussels avenue, and also a portrait of Botticelli's Venus. She posed to highlight the scene, December 1972 |
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| Mandy over 26 weeks, December 6, 1972 |
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| Just moments after Paul was born, Mandy called her parents, Bethesda, Maryland, March 7, 1973 |
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| I had just finished this painting of a trail in the Appalachians when the leaves were at their peak, and Mandy posed in our bedroom to display the art, April 1973 |
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| Mandy going out, May 1973 |
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| I had just painted a bouquet of roses that would brighten the room long after the flowers were gone, May 1973 |
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| Mandy in the guest bedroom, Bethesda, Maryland, May 1973 |
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| Mandy the boudoir dancer in cutoffs, June 1973 |
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| Mandy with her nude painting, June 1973 |
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| Our recreation room had the bar, a couch, and several paintings, including one of her, Bethesda, Maryland, June 1973 |
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| Mandy in her bikini in the rec room, June 1973 |
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| My girl opening Christmas presents in 1973 |
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| Mandy posing in her Easter dress just before we left for services, April 1974 |
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| Mandy with Paul, May 1974 |
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| Our son, Paul, loved to ride his horsey in the backyard with his cowboy hat, July 1974 |
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| Mandy posed in the summer of 1974 in her new dress in front of a decorative Colombian plate we received as a gift |
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| Mandy at Skyline Drive, Virginia, October 1974 |
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| Mandy's portrait, November 1975 |
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| Mandy with Vanessa at Thanksgiving, November 1977 |
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| Vanessa, Paul, and Mandy on a park bench, San Francisco, December 1979 |
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| Vanessa, Paul and Mandy stand overlooking San Francisco, December 1979 |
