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McMullan, Patrick (Photographer) & McInerney, Jay (Contributor).
PATRICK MCMULLAN SO 8OS: A PHOTOGRAPHIC DIARY OF A DECADE.
New York City, NY:
PowerHouse Books,
2003.
Hardcover.
First Edition/First Printing.
432 pages.
As New/As New.
Signed. Landmark collection of black-and-white photographs. A beautiful production by Patrick McMullan and Marie Havens: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial hardcovers with white titles on spine, as issued. Photographs by Patrick McMullan. Introduction by Jay McInerney. Contributions by Bob Colacello, Tom Ford, Tama Janowitz, Cookie Mueller, Michael Musto, Glenn O'Brien, Paige Powell, Jeffrey Slonim, and Richard Turley. In matching pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. There are two kinds of celebrity photographers: The hapless "paparazzo" outsider photojournalist, who takes photographs of celebrities for a living, without their permission and often to their great annoyance, and the well-connected insider portrait-photographer, who is himself a celebrity and for whom the celebrities readily agree to be photographed and even make outrageous poses that they would not make for anyone else. Andy Warhol spent all of his spare time (and he seemed to have plenty) taking photographs while socializing, leaving behind literally thousands of photographs of his work, the best of which were collected in the now-classic book, "Exposures". Those casual snapshots and pictures now fetch thousands of dollars from art galleries. His single biggest admirer and acolyte as a celebrity photographer has been Patrick McMullan. McMullan has now published the fruits of his own incessant and indefatigable labors. In a career spanning three decades, Patrick McMullan has become one of the world's most celebrated party, fashion, and society photographers. Possessing equal status with his subjects, McMullan knows the intricate connections of the exalted and the few who live behind the velvet rope. His relentless documentation of the famous figures who made New York City nightlife emblematic is collected for the first time. He brings us back into the exclusive world of glamor and glitz as it was experienced by the era's greatest fashion, music, and art icons that mixed uptown elitism with downtown eccentricity in New York City's nightlife. Shot in such legendary nightspots as Studio 54, Area, Danceteria, Limelight, and the Cat Club, the book features unreleased photographs from his extensive archives. Beautiful people include Drew Barrymore, Jean-Michel Basquiat, William Burroughs, Cher, Tina Chow, Calvin Klein, Duran Duran, Tom Ford, Michael J. Fox, Boy George, Keith Haring, Debbie Harry, Billy Idol, Biana Jagger, John F. Kennedy, Jr. , Cyndi Lauper, Madonna, Robert Mapplethorpe, Liza Minnelli, Paloma Picasso (a particularly memorable subject, whose wedding celebration lasted for a full week), Cookie Mueller, Eddie Murphy, Tatum O'Neil, Yoko Ono, Ozzy Osbourne, River Phoenix, Diana Vreeland, Andy Warhol, and hundreds more. An encyclopedic celebration of a great decade. A "must-have" title for Patrick McMullan and photography collectors. This copy is very prominently, vertically, and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Patrick McMullan. This is the only signed copy available online and has no flaws, a pristine beauty. A very scarce signed copy thus. Hundreds of black-and-white photographic reproductions. One of the most accomplished living lifestyle photographers. A flawless collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER PATRICK MCMULLAN TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1576871878. $200.00 |
