Lauren Bacall

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This was my first ever PC wallpaper.

I loved the starkness and intensity of the photo. However the background wasn't perfectly black so, using MS Paint, I made sure it was.

Took me ages, pixel by pixel.

Well worth it.

Black and white photograph of Lauren Bacall. She's wearing a silvery dress, low on something looking down the camera lens with a pitch black background. It's very intense.

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