Film Homage Andy Warhol Lonesome Cowboys collage Old Tucson Arizona 1968-2013 Metal Print
by David Lee Guss
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Film Homage Andy Warhol Lonesome Cowboys collage Old Tucson Arizona 1968-2013 metal print by David Lee Guss. Bring your artwork to life with the stylish lines and added depth of a metal print. Your image gets printed directly onto a sheet of 1/16" thick aluminum. The aluminum sheet is offset from the wall by a 3/4" thick wooden frame which is attached to the back. The high gloss of the aluminum sheet complements the rich colors of any image to produce stunning results.
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When Warhol 1928-1987) posed with his 16mm camera on a rainy day in January 1968 he couldn't imagine that in five months he would nearly die on the... more
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When Warhol 1928-1987) posed with his 16mm camera on a rainy day in January 1968 he couldn't imagine that in five months he would nearly die on the operating table after being shot by the mentally disturbed, radical, feminist writer Valerie Solanis.
She fired three bullets at him and only hit with the last one which penetrated several organs including both lungs. Five doctors worked five hours to save his life. Ironically Warhol would die 19 years later in a hospital after routine gall bladder surgery.
The best shots taken, of Warhol and his merry band of "Lonesome Cowboy" performers, were by ace Tucson photographer Bob Broder.
This image is by an unidentified photographer. According to the film's director, Paul Morrissey, Andy personally shot no film despite being repeatedly photographed either standing alongside the camera or peering through the lens.
After the shooting Warhol was never the same, fully expecting a return visit by Solanis.
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About David Lee Guss
I first became obsessed with photography and motion pictures while growing up in post WW2 Manila in the Philippine Islands in the late 1940's/early 1950's. Film noirs were a particular influence. But my first love remains the theater. I acted in numerous amateur productions from 1958 to 1978. In 1979 I earned a MA in drama from the University of Arizona; earlier getting a BA in English from the University of Minnesota, where I co-founded the first film society on campus and ran it for four years. While at the U of A, I studied with the master black and white photo essayist W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978) the last year of his life. I am the last person cited in Jim Hughes' definitive biography of Gene, as I wrote about attending his final...
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