Gary Lee boas
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Gary Lee Boas CELEBRITY
Looking at work done in the seventies and eighties by the American photographer Gary Lee Boas, who became famous for his snapshots of celebrities, something odd happens to you. You start noticing other accents and details. Clearly you cannot ignore the 'portraits' of Dustin Hoffman, John Travolta, Aretha Franklin, Grace Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor and all the others in this perpetual motion machine of stars. But they have become a point of departure. Now, in retroaction, the occasional passers-by and fans demand your attention. Take the shot of Henry Kissinger - in the background two women are looking pleased. They seem to be thinking - Golly, I didn't know he could write, isn't he clever! And the photograph of Jack Nicholson. You wonder - that mad woman in the background, is she his mother or his number one fan? Curious and...
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Looking at work done in the seventies and eighties by the American photographer Gary Lee Boas, who became famous for his snapshots of celebrities, something odd happens to you. You start noticing other accents and details. Clearly you cannot ignore the 'portraits' of Dustin Hoffman, John Travolta, Aretha Franklin, Grace Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor and all the others in this perpetual motion machine of stars. But they have become a point of departure. Now, in retroaction, the occasional passers-by and fans demand your attention. Take the shot of Henry Kissinger - in the background two women are looking pleased. They seem to be thinking - Golly, I didn't know he could write, isn't he clever! And the photograph of Jack Nicholson. You wonder - that mad woman in the background, is she his mother or his number one fan? Curious and...