Andy Warhol. Polaroids 1958-1987 - by Richard B Woodward (Hardcover)

About the Book

Created in collaboration with the Andy Warhol Foundation, this book reveals hundreds of instant pictures by the artist. From self-portraits to still lives, anonymous nudes to New York high society, from Cabbage Patch dolls to Dolly Parton, Keith Haring to Audrey Hepburn, these impromptu images offer a unique record of the Pop Art maestro's world.

Book Synopsis

Andy Warhol was a relentless chronicler of life and its encounters. Carrying a Polaroid camera from the late 1950s 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.

Portraits of celebrities such as Mick Jagger, Alfred Hitchcock, Jack Nicholson, Yves Saint Laurent, Pelé, Debbie Harry are included alongside images of Warhol's entourage and high life, landscapes, and still lifes from Cabbage Patch dolls to the iconic soup cans. Often raw and impromptu, the Polaroids document Warhol's era like Instagram captures our own, offering a unique record of the life, world, and vision behind the Pop Art maestro and modernist giant.

(c) The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.

Review Quotes

"A remarkable document that recounts the wide scope of people who intersected with Warhol."-- "artnet.com"

"Bursting at the seams with hundreds of Warhol's ethereal polaroids."-- "huffpost.com"

"Free from likes, filters and double taps, a look into Warhol's Polaroid series takes us beyond the screens of Instagram and into his very own visual diary."-- "CNN Style"

"The glam Grace Jones cover is a purchase incentive on its own."-- "Evening Standard"