Starstruck : Photographs from a Fan by Gary Lee Boas (2006, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherDilettante Press
ISBN-100966427254
ISBN-139780966427257
eBay Product ID (ePID)1076674

Product Key Features

Book TitleStarstruck : Photographs from a Fan
Number of Pages280 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
TopicRich & Famous, Folk & Outsider Art, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, Popular Culture, Photoessays & Documentaries
IllustratorYes
GenreArt, Social Science, Photography, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorGary Lee Boas
FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1 in
Item Weight35 oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width8.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN99-074134
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal779.2
SynopsisInstamatic photographs of famous people taken from 1966 to 1980 by an unknown, obsessively devoted fan., From the age of 13 Boas would convince his mother to drive him to New York City where he would sit outsdie the Broadway theatres, parties in fact anywhere that would give him the opportunity to photograph celebrities with his Brownie camera. The result is this extraordinary collection, silver screen goddesses, rock stars, politicians, porn stars to the pope. Alongside these candid moments of Andy Warhol, Dennis Hopper, Elizabeth Taylor and many others are Boas' inside stories of his meetings with these stars, told in a humourous sometimes shocking style., "Remarkable...compulsively absorbing."-- Ken Johnson, The New York Times " Starstruck unexpectedly celebrates the beauty of the amateur-one whose vocation is not driven by a hunger for money, but by love. The book is a breath of fresh air."--Warren Beatty ..".wildly entertaining...An obligatory purchase for all pop culture collections."-- Library Journal This pop culture classic unearths candid photos of the most famous superstars of the 60s and 70s alongside forgotten and cult personalities, captured through the lens of a monumentally obsessed fan. Gary Boas' tales of his interactions with the stars add to this fascinating document of a bygone era., "Remarkable...compulsively absorbing."-- Ken Johnson, The New York Times " Starstruck unexpectedly celebrates the beauty of the amateur-one whose vocation is not driven by a hunger for money, but by love. The book is a breath of fresh air."--Warren Beatty "...wildly entertaining...An obligatory purchase for all pop culture collections."-- Library Journal This pop culture classic unearths candid photos of the most famous superstars of the 60s and 70s alongside forgotten and cult personalities, captured through the lens of a monumentally obsessed fan. Gary Boas' tales of his interactions with the stars add to this fascinating document of a bygone era.
LC Classification NumberTR681

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