AUTHOR/PHOTOGRAPHER: PATRICK MCMULLAN
U.S. LIST PRICE: $60.00 USA; Hardcover;
513 B&W photographs; 432 PAGES
PUBLISHER: PowerHouse Books; PUBLICATION DATE: FALL, 2003
LIMITED EDITION: Archival signed prints in custom white portfolio/drop frame
CONTENT: 1980’s B&W Photographs accompanied by essays & introductions with celebrity quotes from 1980’s contemporaries

NEW YORK- Powerhouse Books is proud to announce the upcoming release of Patrick McMullan’s so8os: A Photographic Diary of A Decade. An essential collection of black and white photographs illustrating McMullan’s relentless documentation of New York City nightlife throughout the 1980’s. A compilation of retrospective images widely believed to McMullan’s most celebrated and historical which include snapshots from fashion, politics, music and artistic revolution. As well, the book contains an eccentric mix of elite affairs both uptown and down. The consummate insider, Patrick McMullan’s coffee-table stunner chronicles notables with an intimacy obtained from behind the proverbial velvet rope. From intriguing unknowns to the celebrated, McMullan has captured the legends of our time including Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Madonna, Debbie Harry, Bianca Jagger, Grace Jones, Cookie Mueller, Liza Minnelli, Francesco Clemente, Halston, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Calvin Klein, John F Kennedy Jr, Ozzy Osbourne and more. A decade of endless parties, so80s is an entrance into a world that most have heard about but only few have entered. Patrick McMullan’s photography career began in the early 1980’s as a photographer for Details Magazine with an Instamatic camera and through the encouragement of Andy Warhol. One of the world’s most celebrated event, fashion and society photographers, his illustrious career has spanned more than 30 years. Press requests for Patrick McMullan please contact Workhouse Publicity, CEO Adam Nelson via email nelson@workhousepr.com. If you are interested in obtaining a review copy please fax your request on letter head to 212. 334. 1919. If have additional questions please contact us directly at Workhouse Publicity 212. 334. 8006. For more information please visit http://www.workhousepr.com/underground/celebrity

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