pictures by OLIVIER ZAHM
with a portfolio by KARLHEINZ WEINBERGER
In 1958, the Swiss photographer Karlheinz Weinberger (1921-2006) — renowned for his homoerotic photographs under the pseudonym -Jim — discovered a microcosm of Zurich teenagers inspired by Elvis Presley, James Dean, and American bikers. He called them “Halbstarke,” half-strong girls and boys who rose out of the mountain landscape to join the circus of rock ‘n’ roll gladiators. They laced up the crotches of their jeans like pirates’ pants and, like legionnaires, slung their hips with buckles emblazoned with their heroes.
Georgia Ford at the Purple party at Paul's Baby Grand, New York, February 2016
James Goldstein and Eugenia Kuzmina at the Purple dinner and party at Milk Studios, Los Angeles, April 2016
Zürich, 1961, photo Karlheinz Weinberger
Langley Fox and Lili Sumner at the Purple party at Paul's Baby Grand, New York, February 2016
Jean-Jacques Schuhl at the Purple and Vionnet dinner with Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris, March 2016
Lily McMenamy at the Purple and Vionnet dinner with Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris, March 2016
Caroline Vreeland and Tasya van Ree at the Purple party at Paul's Baby Grand, New York, February 2016
Marc Ascoli and Craig McDean at the Purple and Vionnet dinner with Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris, March 2016
Olivier Zahm and the Lipp waiters at the Purple and Vionnet dinner with Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris, March 2016
Robert Montgomery and Greta Bellamacina, and their baby at the Purple and Vionnet dinner with Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris, March 2016
Zürich, circa 1962, photo Karlheinz Weinberger
Lilli Moors and Martin Eder at the Purple and Vionnet dinner with Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris, March 2016
[Table of contents]
High-speed Historical Accidents
by Heji Shin and Bernadette Van-Huy
by John Jefferson Selve
by Angelo Flaccavento
by Karley Sciortino
by Xerxes Cook
by Bob Nickas
by Olivier Zahm
by Glenn O'Brien
by Terry Richardson
by Olivier Zahm
by Katerina Jebb and Olivier Zahm
by Petra Collins
by Jack Davison
by Max Farago
by Olivier Zahm
by Casper Sejersen
by Heji Shin and Bernadette Van-Huy
by Andreas Larsson
by Chikashi Suzuki
by Simon Liberati
by Bill Powers
by Jean De Loisy
by Jeff Rian
by Maurizio Cattelan
by Sven Schumann