Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and Other Perversities: Pop Culture of the 1970s and 1980s - Hardcover

Rose, George

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1580089240 ISBN 13: 9781580089241

Publisher: Ten Speed Press, 2008

Synopsis

Celebrity culture in the 1970s and 1980s, through the lens of an award-winning photojournalist.

As a young photographer working in Los Angeles in the 1970s and 1980s, George Rose had his shutter finger on the pulse of the Hollywood scene, documenting film premieres and award ceremonies, arena concerts and Sunset Strip nightclubs. From Oscar-winning actors and filmmakers to punk rockers and porn stars, this stylish book presents visual highlights from the New Hollywood renaissance, a golden era in movies, music, and scene-making. Reflecting the excess, drama, or humor in each subject, Rose's rich black-and-white photos capture famous faces and personalities of the day, whether Jack Nicholson or Debbie Harry, Truman Capote or Little Richard.

"Blessed with an uncanny instinct for being in the right place at the right time, Rose was always where the action was, as if you'd transplanted Weegee from the 1940s-era Bowery to the 1980s-era Sunset Strip. As this gallery of photos attests, whether Rose was in a tiny room at the Chateau Marmont or at the edge of the stage at a sold-out show at the Forum, he could always capture a revealing or unguarded moment." --Patrick Goldstein, from the foreword

About this title

From the Publisher:

Celebrity culture in the 1970s and 1980s, through the lens of an award-winning photojournalist. * More than 125 candid shots and intimate portraits of legends of film, rock, politics, sports, and letters, never before published in book form. * Foreword by Los Angeles Times pop culture critic Patrick Goldstein.

About the Author:

GEORGE ROSE has been a photographer for the Los Angeles Times and a freelance journalist for Rolling Stone, Time, Newsweek, and other national publications. Today, he does PR for wineries in northern California, while continuing to photograph and exhibit his work. He lives in Sonoma County, California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ten Speed Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1580089240
• ISBN 13: 9781580089241
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192