Andy Warhol: Polaroids XL - Hardcover

Woodward, Richard B

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 383655156X ISBN 13: 9783836551564

Publisher: Taschen, 2015

Synopsis

Andy Warhol was a relentless chronicler of life and its encounters. Carrying a Polaroid camera nearly everywhere he went from the late 19605 until his death in 1987, he amassed a huge collection of instant pictures of friends, lovers, patrons, the famous, the obscure, the scenic, the fashionable, and himself. Created in collaboration with the Andy Warhol Foundation, this book features hundreds of these instant photos, most of them never seen before. Portraits of celebrities such as Mick Jagger, Alfred Hitchcock, Jack Nicholson, OJ Simpson, Pele, Debbie Harry are included alongside images of his entourage and high life, landscapes, and still lifes from Cabbage Patch dolls to the iconic soup cans. Often raw and impromptu, Warhol's Polaroids document his era like Instagram captures our own. From the unofficial court photographer of New York high and low society, this collection is an indispensable record of Warhol's life, world, and vision.

About this title

Review:

"A picture means I know where I was every minute. That's why I take pictures. It's a visual diary." --Andy Warhol

About the Author:

The editor: Reuel Golden graduated in politics from the University of Sussex. UK, and is the former editor of the British Journal of Photography. He has edited various titles for TASCHEN including Her Majesty, Harry Benson: The Beatles, Age of Innocence: Football in the 19703, and the New York and London editions of the Portrait of a City series.

About this edition

• Publisher: Taschen
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 383655156X
• ISBN 13: 9783836551564
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 560
• Editor: Golden Reuel