Andy Warhol: Polaroids
By Richard B. Woodward, Taschen, £69.99, 560 pages, hardback, ISBN 978-3-83655-156-4
‘A PICTURE means I know where I was every minute. That's why I take pictures. It's a visual diary.' So said Andy Warhol, an artist who, through the strange blurred lines of autobiography and self-mythologising, was able to create a character, an artist and a brand. This beautiful book covers the period between 1958 and 1987 when Warhol first laid his hands on a Polaroid camera. What he held was a tool that could create instant works of art. The book is saturated with portraits, many of which are instantly recognisable. Debbie Harry, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Pelé, Grace Jones and other luminaries gaze back at you, transporting you to a time and a place that has been…