Night. Summer 1980. Volume 3, Number 4
New York: Anton Perich Productions Inc., 1980. Oversized tabloid, publisher's black-and-white newsprint (measures 17.5" x 22.5").
Summer 1980 issue of filmmaker and photographer Anton Perich’s seminal nightlife magazine, featuring a wraparound cover photo of Elite model Susan Bishop. 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 features interviews with John Waters, Susan Sarandon, Toukie Smith (by Candace Bushnell), Jacques Rivette, Cherry Vanilla, plus a massive centerfold spread designed by Nuyorican fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez, and much more. Horizontally folded as issued. Light soiling and edgewear. Very good. Item #12622
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