ANOTHER MUST HAVE BOOK FOR THE HOUSE
The Stunning Photographs of Stan Shaffer
If you’ve never heard of photographer Stan Shaffer, who captured the cream of cultural bohemia in the golden age of the ’60s and ’70s, now’s the time to rectify that courtesy of über-luxe German publisher teNeues. You Should Have Been With Me is a massive scrapbook culled from Shaffer’s stunning archive, with intimate portraits of celebs of the day including Gloria Vanderbilt, Angelica Huston, Andy Warhol, Halston, Calvin Klein, Peter Beard, Cheryl Tiegs, Grace Jones, Jerry Hall, Brooke Shields and Mariel Hemingway. These are interspersed with sexy fashion snaps and outtakes of sessions with supermodels on yachts and in Porsches once the “work” was done. In diary form Shaffer shares extracts from his extraordinary life at the nexus of New York‘s art, fashion and cinema worlds, at glitzy parties “where everyone is somebody and they’re all dressed to kill!” Shaffer’s journey was that of a “voyeur, participant, invited guest and documentarian” wrapped into one; sadly he died during the final stages of production on this book, which now serves as a fitting legacy for an artist who deserves more recognition.
JB
From the cover, this looks like it will have some very interesting shots
KMonroe
that pic is Soso Monroe;-) Take my pic JD!!!
Desiree
I’m loving that cover already.
Justin
Crazy cover.
ijusthkdifrentLTL
I love the cigar in between her toes, its nasty but clever
Anitaltl
Imma add this to my list of books.
TERENCE
im going have to check this book out!