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icons by oscar

the works of photographer Oscar Abolafia

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01-08-18 11:09 Oscar_BinnenwerkTerra_Herdruk_jun2018 GROTER_2.indd 3 01-08-18 11:09 icons of oscar - inside.indd 3 01-08-18 11:31 Frank. Sammie. Paul. Andy. . Jack. Elizabeth. Elvis. Jim. Marlene. John. Priscilla. Yoko. Ginger. Janis. Mick. Fred. Salvador. . Audrey. Not many are so iconic that a first name is enough to tell us who they are. They were captured by a photographer who goes by the name of Oscar Abolafia.

You can call him Oscar.

01-08-18 11:09 Oscar_BinnenwerkTerra_Herdruk_jun2018 GROTER_2.indd 7 01-08-18 11:09 icons of oscar - inside.indd 7 01-08-18 11:31 About Oscar Abolafia

Opening up.

Oscar Abolafia (born in 1935) is an stars of our age, such as the Kennedys, American photographer known for Liz Taylor, and Frank his outstanding photojournalism of Sinatra, to name but a few. the celebrities that made the and 70’s truly extraordinary. Abolafia’s Icons by Oscar has opened up, for the work made the pages of world-famous first time ever, Oscar Abolafia’s treasure magazines such as People Magazine, trove of more than 300,000 intimate Vanity Fair and Harper’s Bazaar. and iconic photographs. A carefully curated conversation with the iconic Over a span of 50 years of work in figures from our past starts now. the field of photography, he was Icons by Oscar is just the beginning. able to build personal and intimate relationships with the most enduring

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 1974, City

On her way to see Rudolf Nurevey dance at City Center.

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Priscilla Presley 1983, Dallas

On her first day of shooting the TV series Dallas.

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Robert De Niro and 1977,

At the premiere of their movie New York-New York.

Following double page Liza Minnelli and 1972, New York City

Opening night party for the movie , starring Liza Minnelli.

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11 13 15 16-17 19

Jacqueline Kennedy and Liza Minnelli and Grace Jones Onassis Liza Minnelli Bianca Jagger

21 23 25 26-27 29

Roger Moore Neil Diamond Roman Polanski Twiggy

31 33 34-35 37 39

Donald Sutherland Cher Neil Diamond Siegfried and Roy

41 44-45 47 49 51

Luciano Pavarotti and John Elizabeth Taylor Warner

52-53 55 56-57 59 60-61

David Bowie James Gardner, Julie and and Silva Belafonte, Harry Belafonte and

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Danny DeVito and Ted Kennedy John Lennon and Yoko Ono Bianca Jagger

72-73 75 77 79 81

Barbra Streisand Mick Jagger Mae West Anthony Quinn and John Phillips

83 85 89 91 93

Sylvester Stallone Salvador Dalí Salvador Dali Liza Minnelli and Desi Arnaz Jr.

95 97 98-99 101 103

Elton John with his and his Debbie Harry Rod Stewart wife Renate Blauel wife Anne Byrne

104-105 107 109 111 113

Fred Astaire and John Lennon Adele Astaire and

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