Icons and Legends: The Photography of Michael Childers - Softcover

Childers, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0615691471 ISBN 13: 9780615691473

Publisher: Michael Childers, 2012

Synopsis

This updated and expanded collection spans the career of renowned American photographer Michael Childers, including many photographs published for the first time. Working mostly with black-and-white film, Childers has captured the icons and legends of popular culture and the art world for decades. His stunning portraits include Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner, Clint Eastwood, Catherine Deneuve, Rock Hudson, and Carol Channing. Several portraits are of special importance because they were taken early in the actors' careers, before they became celebrities: Sissy Spacek, Demi Moore, Mel Gibson, John Travolta, Richard Gere, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Equally important are portraits of the great film-industry legends who helped establish and build the stars' careers, including film directors Billy Wilder and John Schlesinger and costume designer Edith Head. In addition to stars of the film world, Childers has produced portraits of contemporary artists, architects, writers and musicians, including a series of photographs of Andy Warhol in his New York studio and Paris apartment, and a series of David Hockney in his Hollywood and London studios.

About this title

About the Author

Michael Childers was a founding photographer for Andy Warhol’s Interview and After Dark magazines and has photographed more than 200 magazine covers for publications including Elle, Esquire, GQ, Life, London Sunday Times Magazine, Los Angeles, New York, Paris Match, TV Guide, and Vogue. He created more than 150 album covers and film posters and worked as a special photographer on dozens of films, including Coal Miner’s Daughter, Grease, Marathon Man, The Terminator, and Ocean’s 12. His work appears in numerous venues worldwide, including the Andy Warhol Museum, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Lincoln Center Library for Performing Arts, the Las Vegas Art Museum, and the National Portrait Gallery. He lives in Rancho Mirage, California.

Edition details

• Publisher: Michael Childers
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0615691471
• ISBN 13: 9780615691473
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 116