Brigid Berlin: Polaroids - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 190952624X ISBN 13: 9781909526242

Publisher: Reel Art Press, 2015

Synopsis

Brigid Berlin (born 1939) was one of the most prominent and colorful members of Andy Warhol’s Factory in the 1960s and 1970s. Her legendary personal collection of Polaroids is collected here for the first time and constitutes an intimate, beautiful, artistic, outrageous insight into this iconic period. This wild photographic odyssey featured a foreword by cult filmmaker John Waters, who writes, “Brigid was always my favorite underground movie star; big, often naked, and ornery as hell ... The Polaroids here show just how wide Brigid’s world was; her access was amazing. She was never a groupie, always an insider.” Berlin knew everyone and her lens captured them all: celebrities, Superstars, artists, herself and, of course, Warhol. As Waters observes, through her snaps, “Andy was uncovered and revealed like never before.” The book also features an introduction by Bob Colacello, editor of Warhol’s Interview magazine and features writer for Vanity Fair, who notes: “In recording life, she captured our times. By myopically depicting her own transgressions and self- indulgences, she has prophetically reflected the narcissism and exhibitionism, the craving for fame and confusing of fame and infamy that have become the staples of American popular culture.” In discussing her style, he reflects, “This is the opposite of fashion photography or studio portraiture. Brigid was a realist. What she saw is what you got.”

About this title

About the Author

Dagon James is a New York based archivist, editor and curator. He is the founder and publisher of Lid magazine and fine art imprint The Waverly Press; the publisher of limited edition books and prints; and he works with museums and galleries worldwide.

Review

Brigid Berlin Polaroids is a wild photographic odyssey providing an intimate, beautiful, outrageous and darkly witty insight into this iconic period. (L'Oeil de la Photographie)

Now in the age of Snapchat and selfie sticks, I can see why photographers look up to Berlin’s raw power. Although she never saw herself as an artist, she certainly played the role of one. (Kevin Umana Artnet)

The filmmaker John Waters once described the artist Brigid Berlin as a "lady who really lunched but also loved being nude." He called her a "hostile debutante" - her mother was a New York socialite; her father was president of Hearst for 30 years. She was Andy Warhol's best friend, a fixture at his Factory, and an obsessive recorder of her surroundings. (Anna Furman New York Magazine, The Cut)

About this edition

• Publisher: Reel Art Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 190952624X
• ISBN 13: 9781909526242
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208
• Editor: James Dagon, Fremont Vincent, Rygle Anastasia