Purple Magazine
— S/S 2017 issue 27
Night Pictures
pictures by OLIVIER ZAHM
with a portfolio by NIC TENWIGGENHORN
German photographer Nic Tenwiggenhorn has been taking black-and-white pictures of artists since the early ’70s. His portraits of the avant-garde art scene, like those published here, capture a time when artists incarnated integrity, intellectual resistance, solitude, narcissism, and political opposition.
All images by Nic Tenwiggenhorn, taken from the catalogue “Der Fotograf Nic Tenwiggenhorn,” published by Schirmer/Mosel, 2016, copyright ADAGP, Paris, 2017
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Brigitta Rohrbach, Paris 1981, photo Nic Tenwiggenhorn
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Craig McDean and Anna Cleveland at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Karley Sciortino at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Ali Michael at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Carlotta Kohl, Petra Collins, Paris Hilton, Jeanette Hayes, and Karley Sciortino at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Thistle Brown and Lili Sumner at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Olivier Zahm and Paris Hilton at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Jack Walls and Hari Nef at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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India Menuez and Haley Wollens at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Caroline Vreeland, Nicky Hilton, Paris Hilton, and Shea Marie at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Olivier Zahm, Terry Richardson, and Ursina Gysi at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Nellie Blue at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Jamie Bochert, Sofia Malamute, and Paul Hameline at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Cedric Buchet at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Lindsey Wixson and a friend at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Reba Maybury at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Carly Mark and Ali Michael at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Inez van Lamsweerde at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Jack Pierson and Haley Wollens at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Jade Berreau and Olivier Zahm at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Jay Massacret and Caroline Gaimari at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Craig McDean and Mark Borthwick at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Martin Kippenberger at the Schmäke foundry, Düsseldorf, 1994 photo Nic Tenwiggenhorn
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Sandy Kim at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Noomi Rapace and Sophie Aschauer at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Georgia Ford, Karley Sciortino, Derek Blasberg, and Hailey Gates at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Olivier Zahm and Caroline Vreeland at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Caroline Vreeland and Shea Marie at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Paul Sevigny, Mary Frey, and Glenn O’Brien at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Zana Bayne and Todd Pendu at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Wade Oates at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Alexandre de Betak and Sofia Sanchez de Betak at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Hannelore Knuts at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Anna Cleveland and Reba Maybury at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Natalie White and Max Snow at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Nellie Blue at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Ruby Aldridge and Ali Michael at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Sex God at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Cléo Le-Tan at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Jeanette Hayes, Olivier Zahm, and Heather Boo at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Caroline Vreeland at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Paul Hameline at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Waris Ahluwalia and Karley Sciortino at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Natalie White at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Sky Ferreira at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Lindsey Wixson and a friend at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Maripol at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Georgia Ford and Francisco Costa at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Paul Sevigny and Jack Walls at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Georgia Ford and Donald Cumming at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Walter Pearce and Clara Deshayes at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Jack Walls and Donald Cumming at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Alexis Dahan and Joey Jalleo at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Olivier Zahm and Camille Bidault-Waddington at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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The barman at Narcissa at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Sophie Aschauer and Karley Sciortino at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Waris Ahluwalia and Karley Sciortino at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Paul Sevigny, Natalie White, and Maripol at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Paul Sevigny, Sophie Aschauer, and Natalie White at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
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Maurizio Cattelan and Damir Doma at the Purple dinner with Santoni at Trattoria Torre Di Pisa, Milan
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Caroline Vreeland and Doina Ciobanu at the Purple dinner with Santoni at Trattoria Torre Di Pisa, Milan
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Lily McMenamy at the Purple dinner with Santoni at Trattoria Torre Di Pisa, Milan
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Caroline Vreeland at the Purple dinner with Santoni at Trattoria Torre Di Pisa, Milan
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Giuseppe Santoni and Caroline Vreeland at the Purple dinner with Santoni at Trattoria Torre Di Pisa, Milan
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Caroline Vreeland and Doina Ciobanu at the Purple dinner with Santoni at Trattoria Torre Di Pisa, Milan
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Maddalena Tedeschi and Fabio Montobbio at the Purple dinner with Santoni at Trattoria Torre Di Pisa, Milan
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Giorgia Tordini and Olivier Zahm at the Purple dinner with Santoni at Trattoria Torre Di Pisa, Milan
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Massimo Torrigiani and Karla Otto at the Purple dinner with Santoni at Trattoria Torre Di Pisa, Milan
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Silvia Bertocchi at the Purple dinner with Santoni at Trattoria Torre Di Pisa, Milan
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Tattoo artist at the Purple dinner with Santoni at Trattoria Torre Di Pisa, Milan
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Robert Rabensteiner at the Purple dinner with Santoni at Trattoria Torre Di Pisa, Milan
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Erinna König, 1982, photo Nic Tenwiggenhorn
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Grace Hartzel at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
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Jean-Jacques Schuhl and Vincent Darré at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
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Goga Ashkenazi at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
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Vincent Darré and Cédric Rivrain at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
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Arielle Dombasle, Goga Ashkenazi, and Bernard-Henri Lévy at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
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Lily McMenamy at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
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Olivier Zahm and Bernard-Henri Lévy at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
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Zoë Le Ber, Tilda Lindstam, and a friend at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
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Lou Doillon at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
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Sasha Melnychuck at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
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Lily McMenamy and Derek Blasberg at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
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Sita Abellán and Sasha Melnychuck at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
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Giasco Bertoli at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
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Lili Sumner at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
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Stella Schnabel and Camille Bidault-Waddington at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
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Lili Sumner and Grace Hartzel with the chef at Brasserie Lipp at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
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Melvil Poupaud at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
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Olivier Zahm and Hari Nef at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
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Elie Top at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
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Camille Bidault-Waddington at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
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Ingrid Caven and Olivier Zahm at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
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Simon and Michaela de Pury at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
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Arizona Muse at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
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Catherine Baba and Jean-Charles de Castelbajac at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
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Stella Schnabel at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
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Ashley W. Simpson, Tamy Glauser, and Bianca O’Brien at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
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Alice Aufray at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
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Hari Nef and Ines Rau at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
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Alix Angjeli and Bianca O’Brien at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
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Harri Peccinotti and Petite Meller at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
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Sita Abellán at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
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Kenneth Anger and Amanda Wall at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
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Willie Maldonado at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
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Jonas and Janina Tåhlin with Amanda Wall at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
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Olivier Zahm and Doug Aitken at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
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Federico Spadoni and Vanessa Beecroft at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
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Camille Rowe at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
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Olivier Zahm and Eugenia Kuzmina at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
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J.D. King and Linda Ramone at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
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Dustin Dollin and Christian Rosa at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
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Annabel Mehran at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
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Amanda Wall and Sita Abellán at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
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Kenneth Anger and Olivier Zahm at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
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Sylvère Lotringer and Kenny Scharf at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
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Eugenia Kuzmina at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
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Mary Charteris at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
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India Menuez at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
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Olivier Zahm and Amanda Wall at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
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Camille Rowe and Erin Meehan at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
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Anna Giese, 1989 photo Nic Tenwiggenhorn
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Imi Knoebel and Joseph Beuys at Heiner Friedrich Gallery, Cologne, 1977, photo Nic Tenwiggenhorn
