This is a rare unread and out of print copy of VISUAL AID was authored by James Danziger and published and distributed by Pantheon Books, New York, USA in 1986 and features photography from the following photographers: Annie Leibovitz, ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE, David Bailey, Matthew Rolston, Sheila Metzner, HERB RITTS, Snowdon, Greg Gorman, and ANDY WARHOL. This XX page hardcover book measures XX. This book is still is unread by has some significant wear to the dusk jacket and some shelf wear, see photos for condition.

If 1985 was the year when charity became an event, then with a bit of luck 1986 will be the year it became a process. Visual Aid, whose proceeds will be used to fight hunger and home-lessness, was inspired by the concerned musicians who came together in Band Aid and U.S.A. for Africa. This time, however, the contributors are photographers who could best be described as the most exciting names in editorial photography covering the worlds of entertain-ment, fashion, and style. The images in Visual Aid are the best of these photographers' recent work, all previously unpublished in book form. The proceeds are being administered by U.S.A. for Africa and divided between lifesaving programs in Africa and America. Whatever the ironies of the contemporary trend of celebrities as galva-nizers of public awareness on social issues, the results speak for themselves. A recent New York Times article stated that seven million lives have been saved as a result of the efforts of Live Aid and U.S.A. for Africa, but the need is constant. Thus Visual Aid.

Annie Leibovitz, whose photographs over the last decade have defined the way we look at color portraiture, has put together a portfolio of her most striking images.

In Robert Mapplethorpe's pictures we see the life within the formality of his fine-art approach to photography.
David Bailey's photographs represent a stunning example of grace under pressure, having been taken in a makeshift studio erected behind the stage at the London Live.

With photographs by Annie Leibovits, Snowdon, Robert Mapplethorpe, David Bailey, Matthew Rolston, Sheila Metzner, Herb Ritts, Greg Gorman and Andy Warhol; subjects include Bruce Springsteen, Mel Gibson, Whoopi Goldberg, Molly Ringwald, David Bowie, Malcolm McLaren, Paul and Linda McCartney, Cyndi Lauper, Michael Jackson, Elton John and George Michael, Sting, Bryan Ferry, Elvis Costello, Phil Collins, Bob Geldof, Sonia Braga, Philip Glass, Norman Mailer, Mick Jagger, Jerry Hall, Sam Shepard, Anjelica Huston, Mickey Rourke, and many many other icons of the 80s.

With chapters by Annie Leibovitz, Robert Mapplethorpe, David Bailey, Matthew Rolston, Sheila Metzner, Herb Ritts, Snowdon, Greg Gorman, Andy Warhol; this rare photo book makes a superb reference book.

Subjects include -

Tina Chow, Joan Collins, Tom Cruise, Matt Dillon, Bryan Ferry, Bob Geldof, Jane Fonda, Mel Gibson, Richard Gere, Jerry Hall, Anjelica Huston, Michael Jackson, Grace Jones, Paul & Linda McCartney, Andie MacDowell, Rosemary McGrotha, Madonna, George Michael, Liza Minnelli, Jeanne Moreau, Isabelle Pasco, Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mickey Rourke, Sam Shepard, Brooke Shields, Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Sylvester Stallone, Barbra Streisand, Tina Turner, Joan Collins, Phil Collins; Elvis Costello; Bryan Ferry; Sally Field; Philip Glass; Alexander Godunov; Whoopi Goldberg; Daryl Hannah; Patti Hansen; Goldie Hawn; Gregory Hines, John Huston; Timothy Hutton; Amy Irving, Mick Jagger, Joan Jett; Elton John, Grace Jones; Valerie Kaprisky; Diane Keaton; Jessica Lange; Cyndi Lauper; Kelly LeBrock; Greg Louganis; Dolph Lundgren; Lisa Lynn; Shirley MacLaine; Malcolm McLaren; Mikhail Baryshnikov; Kim Basinger; Jean-Michel Basquiat; David Bowie; Sonia Braga; Rae Dawn Chong, Norman Mailer; The Natterjack Toad; Georgia O'Keefe; Bob Paris aka Mr Olympia; Isabelle Pasco; Popov; Nancy Reagan; Theodora Dupree Richards; Molly Ringwald; Mickey Rourke; Isabella Rossellini; Mia Sara; John Sayles; Arnold Schwarzenegger; Tom Seaver; Sam Shepard; Carly Simon; Max Spielberg; Steven Spielberg; Bruce Springsteen; Sylvester Stallone; Barbra Streisand; Pete Townshend; Kathleen Turner; Tina Turner; Midge Ure and Dennis Hopper.

Hardback and first edition.

Due to recent delivery issues with the USPS I now ship all magazines, digests and paperback books via Priority Mail. $100 of insurance is included in this price. I’m selling my collection of vintage 1950-1980s gay pulp paperback novels, pictorial & hardcore magazines, physique photography, magazines, artwork & other LGBTQ ephemera.