CAMILLA MCGRATH (1925-2007) was born in Paris in 1925 and, over the course of her life, took more than sixty thousand photographs of her family and celebrated friends in Europe, New York, and California. ANDREA DI ROBILANT is a journalist and the author of five books of nonfiction, most recently Autumn in Venice: Ernest Hemingway and His Last Muse. He lives in Rome. GRIFFIN DUNNE is a director, writer, and actor. He lives in New York. VINCENT FREMONT is one of the founding directors of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. He is currently working on a variety of projects in the art and entertainment fields. HARRISON FORD is by profession an actor. He also serves as vice chair on the board of Conservation International. FRAN LEBOWITZ lives in New York City where she divides her time. JANN WENNER is the founder of Rolling Stone and lives in New York City.
"[A] spectacular collection of images from the personal
archives of Italian countess Camilla McGrath
(1925–2007). McGrath and her husband, Earl—at various times a
screenwriter, record producer, and art curator—had an outsized
social life, and the sheer number of celebrities who passed through
their orbit is mind-boggling. Among the photographs are ones
capturing Jackie Kennedy lounging by a pool, Andy Warhol smiling
alongside his dachshund Archie, and vacation shots with Princess
Margaret and Bianca Jagger. As art dealer Beatrice Monti remembers
of McGrath’s gift, “She was able to capture something of each one
of us even in the middle of a party.” . . . These
spellbinding photos will beguile photographers, artists, and those
enamored of the glamour of a bygone era."
—Publishers Weekly
“Imagine the one, single, not-so-large apartment that
most completely embodied the glamorous, laughing,
center-of-the-universe New York one always wished to
be a part of—either looking out at the walls (filled with
captivating pictures) or looking into the room (filled with
captivating people, not the least of them our two
hosts)—well: this was that place; and Camilla McGrath, often
without even standing up, took the photographs. Every page of
this wonderful book is a brilliantly entertaining example of her
life's project. A perfect time-machine.” —Wes Anderson
“Face to Face reveals the celebrated, the notable, the unknown, and
whatever pleased Camilla McGrath’s eye. This book’s effect is to
remind us what McGrath saw as she took aim:
the fleeting nature of the occasion, the truths buried in the heart
of the ephemeral.” —Hilton Als
“She knew everybody who was anybody. Camilla McGrath was the
irreverent, aristo-bohemian wife of the larger-than-life art
gallerist and music producer Earl McGrath. Together, the glittering
couple were in every swim, their circle spanning the worlds of
entertaining, film, music, the arts, and society in Europe, New
York, and Los Angeles. . . . These good times were invariably
captured on Camilla’s Nikon camera, and the thousands of
black-and-white photographs became her life’s work, until her death
in 2007, but few have ever been published. A collection of more
than 600 photographs from the 1950s to the 1990s appears in Face to
Face, which includes reminiscences by Fran Lebowitz and Harrison
Ford among others, is a rarefied window onto the last century.”
—Heather Hodson, Avenue
"A gorgeous, jet-set testament to the delicious depth of the
McGraths’ personal address book. Culled from Camilla’s photo
albums, which have recently been bequeathed to the New York Public
Library, the book documents the warm, relaxed intimacies of Keith
Haring, Andy Warhol, Mick Jagger, and Paloma Picasso at a birthday
party for Jerry Hall in 1985; the Dunnes (that’s Joan Didion and
John Gregory) at Thanksgiving in 1992; the Agnellis on their yacht;
Jackie and Lee on a sisterly trip to Italy; Peter Beard in the
Hamptons; Harrison Ford chatting up Carrie Fisher in a doorway; and
the carousing of everyone from New York’s Frank O’Hara to Los
Angeles’s Sharon Tate. Examining Camilla’s tender, unassuming
portraits, one doesn’t get the sense of a predatory paparazzo
behind the lens, but rather a close friend shooting someone in a
moment of letting their guard down. These are larger-than-life
figures brought down to coffee-table size." —Christopher
Bollen, Interview
"Iconic photos of Jackie Kennedy, Andy Warhol, Sharon Tate, Truman
Capote, and more are included in this collection of more than 600
shots by the famed photographer Camilla McGrath. But the photos
aren't the only reason to dive in; remembrances of the legendary
lenswoman by the likes of Griffin Dunne, Harrison Ford, and Fran
Lebowitz are included to help make this the rare coffee table book
that's as exciting to read as it is to look at."—Town &
Country
"No photographer was better positioned to get publicity than the
late Camilla McGrath . . . Camilla documented her social life
extensively, amassing 103 albums’ worth of gatherings like Jerry
Hall’s baby shower and Anjelica Huston’s wedding. But, considering
them private mementos, she never sold nor even exhibited them. Now
that they finally have come to light, in the book
Face to Face: The Photographs of Camilla McGrath, it’s
understandable why." —Stephanie Eckardt, W Magazine
"There is a marvelous sense of candor and intimacy to [McGrath's
photographs], which capture, in their totality, an incredibly full
and joyful life." —Thessaly La Force, The New York Times
Style Magazine
"Candid party photos by the late Italian socialite Camilla McGrath,
collected in the new book Face to Face, are a treasure trove
of celebrities at play in the 1960s, 70s and 80s . . .
A stunning collection." —Sandra Sobieraj
Westfall, People
“From the 1950s to the ’90s, the socialite captured casual moments
with some of the biggest names in entertainment. More than 600 of
her photos are here, with text from the likes of Harrison Ford and
Fran Lebowitz.” —The New York Times (“New & Noteworthy”)
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