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"Remarkable...compulsively absorbing."— Ken Johnson, The New York Times

"Starstruck unexpectedly celebrates the beauty of the amateur-one whose vocation is not driven by a hunger for money, but by love. The book is a breath of fresh air."—Warren Beatty

“…wildly entertaining…An obligatory purchase for all pop culture collections.”—Library Journal

This pop culture classic unearths candid photos of the most famous superstars of the 60s and 70s alongside forgotten and cult personalities, captured through the lens of a monumentally obsessed fan. Gary Boas’ tales of his interactions with the stars add to this fascinating document of a bygone era.

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ISBN-13:	9780966427257
Publisher:	Process
Publication date:	04/01/2006
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	8.20(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Since the publication of Starstruck: Photographs From a Fan, Gary Lee Boas has become internationally recognized for the snapshots he took of famous people in the 60s and 70s as an unknown fan. His images have been exhibited in numerous museums and galleries throughout the U.S. and Europe.

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	Introduction	10
	The early years	16
	Talk shows and telethons	48
	On broadway	88
	Awards and events	142
	Chance encounters	202
	Politicians, pageants and porn stars	268
	The collector	294

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In what is certainly one of the most fetching and unique illustrated books of the season, Boas, the fan's fan, assembles 500 color photographs--taken between 1965 and 1980 and culled from his collection of 60,000--that document his staggering predilection for finding and photographically nicking celebrities. Beginning when he was 15, Boas would trek, Brownie Bullseye camera in hand, from his Lancaster, PA, home to Philadelphia and New York City, where he would hunker down for hours and hours outside theater alleys, restaurants, and hotels hoping to snatch a photograph and an autograph from a star. The photographs are delightfully quirky--sometimes blurry and complete with satanic red-dot eyes--and display a warmth both in the faded hues and the seemingly accessible countenances of the stars themselves. The assemblage is catholic in taste, encompassing such reclusive luminaries as Charlie Chaplin, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and Greta Garbo as well as porn star Marilyn Chambers. Boas's running commentary provides insight into his motivations, tricks-of-the-trade, and fellow autograph comrades and also yields some wonderful anecdotes. This wildly entertaining book will endure many page-flipping rampages with its pliable and sturdy flexibound binding. An obligatory purchase for all pop culture collections.--Barry X. Miller, Austin P.L., TX Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.\

Library Journal

This year's dose of Pop comes in the form of fan photography, with Boas's often very weird pictures of stars from various realms of cinema, TV, music, sports, and politics.
—Artforum

David Rimanelli

Starstruck: Photographs from a Fan

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