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Julian Wasser


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Joan Didion - Platinum Print

JOAN DIDION – PLATINUM, 1968

Marcel Duchamp and Eve Babitz, 1963 at the Pasadena Art Museum

Marcel Duchamp and Eve Babitz, 1963 at the Pasadena Art Museum

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Steve McQueen on set of Paper Love With a Stranger

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Whiskey A Go-Go, 1964

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Anjelica Huston and Jack Nicholson by the Pool, 1971

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Marcel Duchamp playing chess with Eve Babitz, 1964

Jayne Mansfield at the Whisky a Go-Go

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Joan Didion in front of her Stingray Corvette, 1968

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Marilyn Monroe at the Golden Globes, 1962

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MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

steve mcqueen 1964

Steve McQueen, 1964

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Brigitte Bardot in Westwood for Viva Maria!, 1964

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James Baldwin, 1961

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Robert F. Kennedy, 1968

the beatles london 1965

The Beatles, London, 1965

marcel duchamp and bicycle wheel 1963

Marcel Duchamp With His Bicycle Wheel, 1963

woman with a t-bird at paramount pictures studio 1962

Woman with a T-bird at Paramount Pictures Studio, 1962

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Steve McQueen

farrah fawcett with butterfly mirror

Farrah Fawcett with Butterfly Mirror, 1976

David Bowie Hollywood

David Bowie at The Forum, mid 1970’s

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Woody and Surfers, 1962

david geffen, elton john, carly simon, and james taylor 1974

David Geffen, Elton John, Carly Simon, and James Taylor, 1974

women at lee drugstore counter, 1961

Women at Lee Drugstore counter, 1961

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Tail O’ the Pup, 1963

lapd watts riot looters 1965

WATTS RIOTS (ON FLOOR OF STORE), LOS ANGELES, CA

the rolling stones 1965

The Rolling Stones, 1965

sonny and cher 1964

Sonny and Cher, 1964

pedophile 1969

Roman Polanski, 1969

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Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston, 1971

natalie wood 1964

Natalie Wood, 1964

natalie wood and warren beatty 1962

Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty, 1962

lapd on hollywood boulevard

LAPD on Hollywood Boulevard

keith moon 1966

Keith Moon, 1966

JAMES BALDWIN, LOS ANGELES, CA

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Iggy Pop being whipped by Ron Asheton, 1973

franz zappa and members from girls together only gto 1964

Frank Zappa and members from Girls Together Only (GTO), 1964

elizabeth taylor at the oscars

Elizabeth Taylor at the Oscars, 1961

dean stockwell, toni basel, wallace berman 1964

Dean Stockwell, Toni Basel, Wallace Berman, 1964

dancing at the whiskey a go go

Dancing at the Whisky A Go-Go

chucky star 1974

Chucky Star, 1974

cher 1975

Cher, 1975

cher and gregg allman in a limo

Cher and Gregg Allman in a Limo

central park south in winter

Central Park South in Winter

bob and sara dylan paul and linda mccartney cher and gregg allman 1976

Bob and Sara Dylan, Paul and Linda Mccartney, Cher and Gregg Allman, 1976

IN MEMORIAM

JULIAN WASSER – 1933 – 2023

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​​After starting his career at the age of 14 as a copy boy in the Washington bureau of the Associated Press news service, Julian Wasser went on to create some of the most memorable images of the past century. While at the Associated Press he met Weegee and rode with famous news photographer as he shot photos of crime scenes in Washington. Weegee was a major influence on Wasser’s style of photography. After serving in the Navy in San Diego, the former AP copyboy became a contract photographer for Time magazine in Los Angeles doing assignments for Time, Life and Fortune. His photographs have appeared in and been used as cover of Time, Newsweek and People Magazines in the United States; and on cover assignments for The Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Times in London. His photos have also appeared in US Magazine, Vanity Fair, TV guide, Paris Match, Der Spiegel, Oggi, Hello, Playboy, Elle, Vogue, GQ along with exhibitions in galleries and museums.

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Wasser’s most notorious photo session was of groundbreaking artist Marcel Duchamp playing chess with a naked Eve Babitz in 1963 at the Pasadena Museum of Art during Duchamp’s first retrospective. Organized by Walter Hopps, then director of the museum (now the Norton Simon Museum), the exhibition was the first comprehensive survey of Duchamp’s storied career, which began in 1911 at the legendary Armory show in New York. Duchamp, by this time, was the most influential artist in the world, having revolutionized the modern art world with his unconventional concepts. At the time, he had retired from being an artist to pursue his passion for chess.

As the story goes…news photographer Julian Wasser was sent on assignment by TIME Magazine to cover, what anyone from the press would have classified as,”just another art event.” At first, he was unaware of the relevance of the exhibition, but once Wasser arrived at the museum, he quickly assessed the importance of the event. Perhaps it was a question of importance of the event. Perhaps it was a question of fate – being at the right place at the right time – but the fact that the opening reception attracted renowned artists of that day would be the impetus that put Wasser on the map. Well known artists such as Ed Ruscha, Billy Al Bengston, Larry Bell, Dennis Hopper, and a young Andy Warhol all attended the opening reception. These cutting edge artists were Wasser’s subjects. He captured the most authentic and compelling photos of revered artists of the 1960’s, 1970′ and 1980’s.

​Julian Wasser’s photographs of Los Angeles life can be seen in his book THE WAY WE WERE published by D.A.P. Damiani.

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Julian Wasser, the ‘Photographer Laureate’ of L.A., Dies at 89

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Julian Wasser, Famed L.A. Photojournalist, Dies at 89

Joan Didion - Yellow Corvette

Joan Didion Remembers the Day Julian Wasser Took Her Portrait

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Legendary photojournalist Julian Wasser reflects on career, discusses Chicago exhibit

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