A Photographer in the Kingdom of Curlers: Janet Delaney, Her Father, and American Hair Salons of the 1980s

Janet Delaney recalls her childhood memories of her father, a cosmetics salesman in Los Angeles, whose work influenced her views on feminism and capitalism. Despite her disdain for the beauty products he sold, she acknowledges that his job provided her and her siblings with a college education. Delaney later became a photographer, documenting gentrification in San Francisco and contributing to major photographic collections.