Idols

Giles Larrain, Ralph Gibson

Verlag: Links, New York, 1973

Beschreibung

4to, Unpaginated (52pp). Printed wraps. Numerous Colour plates. Foxing to top of textblock and FFEP. This is the hardcover issue, which you never see. Brilliant (and now very scarce) first printing of Larrain's legendary work. Here's what Ryan McGinley said a couple of years ago: â I canâ t remember when I first saw the book Idols by Gilles Larrain. All I know is that ever since I got it, itâ s been a huge influenceon me. Idols is one of the best photographic books Iâ ve ever seen. It was published in 1973 and is a collection of studio portraits of trannies, gender-benders, and just generally awesome looking people in New York City. Itâ s an incredible time capsule. There are Warhol people, like Taylor Mead and Holly Woodlawn, and members of the San Francisco-based psychedelic drag queen performance troupe the Cockettes. Thereâ s a photo of the artist Al Hansen, (a.k.a. Beckâ s grandfather), covered in silvery paint and dressed up like some kind of Roman soldier, and an unrecognizable, teenage Harvey Fierstein, looking like a young, pretty Jewish lady (well, almost). Most important, these people all had the best style. The greatest fashion always originates with drag queens. The outfit youâ re wearing today was probably invented by a drag queen ten years ago.â An amazing document of seventies NY, some of the plates are omitted in the modern reprinted edition. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers TWI06878

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Idols

Verlag: Links, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1973

Einband: Hardcover.

Zustand: VG+

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG+

Auflage: First Edition.