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Stars in My Eyes is a revealing and entertaining collection of celebrity portraits, rendered both in acute drawings and in finely observed prose. In the 1970s and 1980s, internationally known artist Don Bachardy made portraits from life, depicting the actors, writers, artists, composers, directors, and Hollywood elite that he and his partner, famed novelist Christopher Isherwood knew. He then made detailed notes about these portrait sittings in the journal he has kept for more than forty years. The result is a unique document: we enter the mind of the artist as he records the images and behavior of his celebrity subjects - including Bette Davis, Barbara Stanwyck, Ingrid Bergman, Helmut Newton, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Allen Ginsberg - during their often intense collaboration with him. Also check out the excellent documentary Chris & Don : A Love Story on dvd, for the fascinating, powerful and illuminating story of their long-lasting relationship amidst their artistic and social milieu.
Paperback, 272 Pages, Orig. Publ. 2000, This Ed. Publ. 2011
Author: Don Bachardy