Night. June 1979. Volume 2, Number 5
New York: Anton Perich Productions Inc., 1979. Oversized tabloid, publisher's black-and-white newsprint (measures 16.5" x 22.5").
June 1979 issue of filmmaker and photographer Anton Perich’s seminal nightlife magazine, featuring Brooke Shields on the cover and tons of Fiorucci-related content. Perich began photographing NYC nightlife in the early 1970s, documenting the scenes at Andy Warhol's Factory, the Chelsea Hotel, Max’s Kansas City, and Mudd Club. Inspired by Warhol’s Interview (where he was a regular contributor), Perich founded NIGHT in 1978 as a vehicle for his transcendent paparazzo photos of revelers at Studio 54, Xenon, and the other reigning clubs of the day. The oversized tabloid featured photo-collages and dramatic full-page spreads alongside hot takes, poetry, interviews with artists, actors, filmmakers, fashion designers, models, and more. Perich abandoned the project in late 1980 to work full-time as a painter upstate, but has intermittently revived the magazine, with its last installment dating from 2011. This issue contains interviews with Shields, Karl Lagerfeld, David Byrne, Klaus Nomi, and more; a documentary history of Elio Fiorucci's legendary midtown department store (with photos styled by Maripol); an illustrated center spread by Nuyorican fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez on Italian designer Silvano Malta; Perich's photos of Interview magazine's 10th anniversary bash at Studio 54; and tons of photos by Roxanne Lowit, Guy Heron, and others. Horizontally folded as issued. Light toning, soiling, and edgewear. Near fine. Item #12618
$350.00