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The New York Times described him as the “photographer laureate” of Los Angeles but Julian Wasser was so much more than a photographer. The Time/Life staffer chronicled the people and events that shaped the cultural history of the California landscape. He captured the combustible brew of social, political and celebrity headliners that told stories both light and dark. 

Unforgettable and collectible, his work has rarely been exhibited and yet resides in the world’s pre-eminent museum collections; Wasser even upto his death at 89 was happier with camera in hand than fronting gallery shows. Be it an atmospheric, portrait of JFK, or his brother Robert Kennedy heading for the White House moments before his murder, or a simple but potent portrait of Joan Didion or Steve McQueen, Wasser was a polymathic photographer who mastered his craft from action to portraiture and made it art. 

As The LA Times recorded on his passing, “Wasser was a legend who left a legacy of historically important images obtained through a combination of timing, savvy and personal charisma.” Wasser left behind few signed prints in the family collection but these together with posthumous prints, in digitally signed limited editions authenticated by his daughter, the actor-director Alexi Wasser who curates his archive, are being made available for the first time.

Rock photographer Dave Hogan or ‘Hogie,’ as he’s affectionately known amongst his peers, is a stalwart of the glamorous red carpet, concerts and A-list party scene. 

With over 40-years’ experience in the business he has gained the respect of editors and rock stars alike and in turn earned exclusive, behind-the-scenes access to the most sought-after cultural icons of our time.

Dave has been the official photographer for the Rolling Stones tours since 2012. He has also worked closely with Madonna, U2, Tom Cruise, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift and David Bowie to name but a few. 

He was official photographer for Live Aid in 1985.

To Anthony Beauchamp the camera was “an Aladdin’s lamp and magic carpet”. As the son-in-law of wartime leader Winston Churchill the celebrated British portraitist enjoyed unrivalled access to the powerful and the famous of the post-war world. Aged only 16 he had persuaded soon-to-be star, Gone With The Wind actress Vivien Leigh, to sit for a portrait styled and assured beyond his years. It quickly bought him sittings with the greats, like Greta Garbo and Charlie Chaplin and the young stars who would dominate the culture, fashion and allure of the coming decade. First at the turn of the ’50s, the young ingenue Audrey Hepburn, then another called Marilyn Monroe both on the brink of stardom asked for sittings with Beauchamp. 

When in 1957 Beauchamp tragically died his archive disappeared without trace. Lost for over 60 years, three small, unsigned 10x12 inch publicity prints discovered by Hepburn’s estate in 2017, sold for over $40,000 at Christie’s. 

Beauchamp’s family and Metazoan have been working to recover the archive, tracing, reclaiming and restoring lost prints and negatives. 

These hand-printed, digitally signed and 

estate-authenticated posthumous prints of Hepburn and Monroe (who turned up for the shoot in a home-knitted yellow bikini) are the first to be released.