I was a teenager with a camera in 1977. That summer I drove over the hill to the SFV to Jackie Fox’s house to take some photographs. The Runaways were gods in Japan and everyone wanted fresh photos. Jackie and I did not have a stylist, but somehow we came up with this cool photograph. I really love it and I know that she does too. I tink that Helmut would have gotten a kick out of it too.
Another stairway photo. Looks so South Of France. This one is of Alexia Starchild, my latest discovery. Go check out Alexia on tumblr!
This comment really made my weekend!
“I love how 80’s this feels, like a Helmut Newton shot of the 2010’s”
Thank you nedandaya.
—nedandaya
I was too shy to meet Helmut Newton. I stood in the same room with him at one of his openings at Place Vendome in Paris and once at Le Petit Four in Los Angeles. Such a shame and my loss. What I have learned from other masters and Helmut would agree that it does not matter what kind of camera you are using. It’s ”all in there”!
How did I get the rise out of Richard Avedon? Easy, I had just gotten back from Japan and I had one of the very first Canon Sure Shot cameras. Even Avedon had never seen one before. I count my lucky stars that I had the pleasure of meeting him and taking his photo. Don’t know how Helmut slipped though my fingers.
