The book’s release happens to coincide with the show “Basquiat x Warhol À Quatre Mains,” which is taking place at Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris. The store will also be showcasing other work by Barron, including her photographs of tabletops and mirrors, and her hand drawings. The launch event will take place in early June at Chez Dédé, a multibrand luxury store on Via di Monserrato, not far from Campo de’Fiori, followed by a dinner at Ian Schrager’s Rome Edition hotel. True to her low-key style, Barron isn’t planning a splashy launch, and instead will be celebrating the book’s release - and other photography projects - at a party in Rome, where she used to live part-time. Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol at The Factory, photographed by Jeannette Montgomery Barron. It features the complete sittings from 19, and also includes six contact sheets with 24 large-format images, plus a previously unseen artwork by Basquiat. The 64-page book comes as a signed, limited edition, and is for sale on, priced at 45 pounds. The secret of her good luck is that she travels light.” She conveys the widest range of expressivity (sic.) with the minimum amount of means. In the essay, Clemente describes Barron as “an elegant woman, and an elegant photographer. The book features an introductory essay by Francesco Clemente, who had collaborated with Basquiat and Warhol on paintings, and was also close to Bischofberger. That’s what I try, although I can’t always do it,” she said. I’m always trying to get some inner, spiritual feeling and to what these people’s souls are about. “I’m not interested in a superficial, setup photo. “I knew the Factory very well so for me it was just like, ‘I’m going in, I’m going to photograph these two people, and then I’m going to leave.’ People knew I was OK, that I wasn’t going to take advantage of them, or take up their whole day, so I was allowed in.”īarron said her approach to portrait-taking hasn’t changed.

Jean-Michel Basquiat by Jeannette Montgomery Barron.īarron knew him already and had photographed him before.

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