Andy Warhol. Polaroids (Multilingual Edition)

About this book

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 Pel Debbie Harry are included alongside images of Warhols entourage and high life landscapes and still lifes from Cabbage Patch dolls to the iconic soup cans. Often raw and impromptu the Polaroids document Warhols era like Instagram captures our own offering a unique record of the life world and vision behind the Pop Art maestro and modernist giant. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc.