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Boogie NIghts At Brad’s House photo by Brad Elterman/Factory77
This was the scene poolside at my rented house in the Hollywood Hills in 1980. Somethings never change!
Me with Kari Klark at my pool in 1980. She would come over, swim naked in my pool and I would take photos.
Kari Klark was this stunningly sexy blonde model who would come over to my house, take her clothes off and swim in my pool. I would take photos. She was my Gene Harlow is the 80’s. One day, we drove up to my friends house in Malibu and I took this photo of Kari.
In 1980 I moved into the coolest Fuck House in L.A. It was at that house that I made the iconic photographs of Kari Klark in my swimming pool.
Here is another excerpt from my upcoming book, “Like It Was Yesterday” which will be out this fall. The book is limited to a tight edition of 500 and is being printed by the legendary Japanese printer, Toppan.
Boogie Nights at Brad’s House
1980: One of the fringe benefits of being a photographer covering the scene back in the eighties was that you got to meet some really beautiful girls. Well, I had a steady stream of beautiful young girls coming to my pad. During this period, I rented a house on Canton Drive in Studio City. It was just over the hill from Mulholland Drive. I could be at The Starwood or Art’s Deli in a flash. I think I paid about $1,200 a month for this amazing party house. There was an incredible pool and space in the living room to set up a photo studio. I had wild relationships with several Playboy Playmates; but for the most part, I was fairly low key. I did toss a few incredible parties. At one party, my friend Kim Folwey got two girls to make out on my living room floor in front of a hundred invited and uninvited guests. It is interesting that even to this day I sometimes meet people who were at that party and ask me when I am going to throw another one. That was like three decades ago! I am sure that these wild pool parties still happen today on some level, but I think there was more freedom back in the eighties. I used the pool for photo shoots as much as possible. Friends and models would come over and I kept my camera close by.
The topless girl sitting next to moi is Kari Klark. I met Kari through my friend and fellow photographer, Julian Wasser. She was an actress and model and she loved being photographed. On warm summer days, Kari would come over, peel off her clothes, jump in the pool and smile for my camera!
This photo taken by my pool looks so eighties! I was renting the coolest little fuck house in L.A. back in 1980 and I would do these amazing photo sessions by the pool with actress/model Kari Klark. That is Kari on the left and guess who that is on the right? I still have all the hair today!
