RE: Pittsburgh
DEAR JUDY, Yes, mine were shot in my (former) loft studio on 19th between Park and Broadway. INTERVIEW hired a stable of photographers including Albert Watson, Bill King, Barry McKinley, me, and many others. The celebs would come to our studios for hair, make-up, and styling (choosing clothing & accessories) and then we would shoot. I had the time to chat with them and add some personal knowledge to the info I had gained by doing background research on them before they arrived. This gave me material to use to get them to chat, relax, and open up in front of my lens. I would then print a 16X20 black and white print of the shot that Robert Hayes (managing editor) and Bob Colacello (Publisher) had chosen. I would give it to Richard Bernstein who would make a large Photostat of my print and do his multimedia magic on it; airbrush, hand brush, color pens, grease pencils, rapidograph, and color acetate overlays. These would then be, in the early years, shot with a screen process camera, and in later years, scanned. I have a book that Richard signed for me of all of his multimedia portraits. Sadly, Richard died in (I think) the late 90s. I think I mentioned that I had shot literally dozens of photos for the pages inside INTERVIEW. Most were at my studio but I did shoot some on location around NYC and in L.A. I was never a paparazzi. Everything was on assignment. Ah, reminiscence! Those were "high times" indeed, but I must confess that, at this stage in my life, I am right were I want to be. CHEERS! BOB PS: If you like I think I have some of the covers scanned and can send you jpegs. -----Original Message----- From: Judy Seigel [mailto:jseigel@panix.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 12:55 AM To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca Subject: RE: Pittsburgh On Tue, 25 Mar 2008, BOB KISS wrote: > DEAR JUDY, > I am glad you liked the Warhol Museum. I understand that they have > 2 of the 6 Interview Magazine covers that I shot on display as well as my > portrait of Andy shot in 1982 which the museum acquired last year. > Sadly I have never visited it but hope to on my next trip north. > CHEERS! > BOB Hi bob, Drat -- why didn't you tell me before ? I would have paid more attention!!! As I recall, they filled an entire wall, and the total effect was smashing, though I didn't think to look for photo credits... (Do you suppose there were any? Drat again?) Obviously you need to visit it now -- and think what else you'll see. But a question: Those covers were posed portraits, not news shots, right? J. __________ NOD32 2974 (20080326) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com
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