Brad Elterman

Cool photos from the 70's and today!
When I was a kid back in 1978 I got invited to take photos at the Grease party on Paramount Studios back lot. Everyone was there including John Travolta and Olivia Newton John, of course. I had no idea about the magnitude of this film and how it would be revered decades later. At the time, Travolta lived in my building at 100 S Dohney, but I never saw him.  I think that he was in the Penthouse and I was in apartment # 716. The building is still there and I drive by it all the time and  reminisce of those magical years.  Photo by Brad Elterman

When I was a kid back in 1978 I got invited to take photos at the Grease party on Paramount Studios back lot. Everyone was there including John Travolta and Olivia Newton John, of course. I had no idea about the magnitude of this film and how it would be revered decades later. At the time, Travolta lived in my building at 100 S Dohney, but I never saw him.  I think that he was in the Penthouse and I was in apartment # 716. The building is still there and I drive by it all the time and  reminisce of those magical years. 

Photo by Brad Elterman

1 year ago | 30,099 notes
I was a fucking machine taking photos of cool stars back in the 70’s. I hardly ever slept and I never got high. I went to all the parties, cranked out the photos at night and day. I would stay up all night developing the film and mailing the photos out in the morning. There were so many great people to photograph almost every single day in L.A. . It truly was all happening. This was a young John Travolta at the Grease premiere party in 1978. The film was massive and it made John a star. He lived in the penthouse of my apartment building at 100 S. Dohney Dr in L.A., but I never saw him. I moved into unit #716 right after Jeff Conaway moved out. Small world. I will never forget those years.  Photo by Brad Elterman

I was a fucking machine taking photos of cool stars back in the 70’s. I hardly ever slept and I never got high. I went to all the parties, cranked out the photos at night and day. I would stay up all night developing the film and mailing the photos out in the morning. There were so many great people to photograph almost every single day in L.A. . It truly was all happening. This was a young John Travolta at the Grease premiere party in 1978. The film was massive and it made John a star. He lived in the penthouse of my apartment building at 100 S. Dohney Dr in L.A., but I never saw him. I moved into unit #716 right after Jeff Conaway moved out. Small world. I will never forget those years. 

Photo by Brad Elterman

1 year ago | 94 notes