Pop artist Andy Warhol was a photography enthusiast who famously carried around a Polaroid camera in the 1970s.
Considering the amount of traveling they did, Warhol suggested that they should do a photography book together with the photos they took at social events and business trips.
[7] The book cost $25, but there were limited edition copies for $500 that included a silkscreen print signed by Warhol.
[9] Paul Weingarten of the Chicago Tribune wrote: "The book is a paean to the 'glitterati' who flock to Studio 54 and all the chic watering holes.
Its text is breathlessly gossipy, and its pictures, all black and white (he hasn't learned to take color ones yet), chronicle the antics of Warhol's acquaintances and friends.
"[6] William S. Murphy wrote for the Los Angeles Times: "From a technical standpoint, the pictures in this volume are atrocious, which really enhances the book's charm.
He lights each frame with a booming strobe flash in a style similar to the work of Arthur Fellig, best known as Weegee ...