Young Jodie Foster

The huge success of the 1973 movie "Paper Moon" with Ryan O'Neal and his Oscar-winning daughter Tatum inspired ABC to create a TV knockoff, also titled "Paper Moon." The show lasted one season. To introduce the show's 11-year-old star, Jodie Foster, the network called a press conference. Not much of one. Only two people showed up to a bare corporate room. They were editor Linda Ann Copersino of Teen Life magazine fame and me, the photographer. I felt bad for Jodie, just us two to greet her, a PR person at her side, Linda asking questions, me snapping. I most remember how much this young woman, someone new to me, impressed us with her calm nature and quiet maturity.