decades later after this weekend of fimlming, my friend john wolford was in a restaurant in west hollywood and andy was there as well with some celebrities. andy instantly recognized john and ran over and asked him to stay after he finished with his people. after dinner andy came over and asked how we were doing and asked if we got any artwork from all the art we made for him. john said no and andy said he would fix that when he got back to ny. he had the operation and died after his return.
Hello, my name is Sepp Donahower and I here at this event....and am in some of these photos. (blond guy with stripe pants, turtleneck or no shirt) My friend John Wolford and I spent the summer helping Andy make artwork and shoot movies in 67. Andy asked us to come to Easthampton to help, and I was close with Edie at the time. Shortly after this, Edie returned with us to California . Andy and Edie......never met anyone like him or her since. Andy was a great listener and watcher.
I remember you very well, though not John (is he in the pixs?) Was'nt that a tremendous weekend? I recently was in contact with Waldo Balart, my very dear friend and the host. I never forgot the people in that weekend, Andy or Edie (what a tragedy!) I hope you are well and let's continue in touch and do let me know what you think of the video and the pix. Abrazos.
@promenade237 What was Edie like when you talked to her? I wish there were more photos, film clips or voice recordings out there of this wonderful girl. I guess they are sitting in people's old boxes up in the attic...
@MowgliX Edie was pretty spaced out, I think, but still quite an amazing person. I wish I had known her during her good times. She must have been really amazing. All in all I was quite taken by her. And as you say, there probably is a bunch of pix in private collections. Thought not like today, but still there were a lot of cameras back then, and tape recorders and film cameras.
@delsure I understand that Edie had a real meltdown in the early summer of 1967, and from then on it was all downwards. She attempted suicide in New York, I don't know the exact circumstances, and was committed by her mother, much too late, in the fall of 1968. But Edie spent time in some really horrible mental institutions in New York too. She had electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in NYC and in California. It was such a terrible tragedy, and really, none of that was her fault.
@delsure True, digital photography has changed things. But yeah, even then, b&w photography was not expensive. I was trained how to shoot with all manual cameras and do the actual lab work. It's a lot more fun to develop film and then print that on very large photo paper, and not just do some editing on the computer and press Print. It's a whole different thing. And anybody could get a proper tape recorder at that time. Quality equipment was just bigger, more cumbersome and more expensive then.
MARCELO, QUE ESTUPENDO Y HERMOSO REPORTAJE FOTOGRAFICO, WOW, QUE DE RECUERDOS MARAVILLOSOS, TE FELICITO............¿ DONDE ANDAS, ME GUSTARIA CONTACTARTE, ES ROLANDO PEÑA, ESTOY EN CARACAS, MI E - MAIL ES : rolandosiete@gmail.com, SI VES ESTO TE AGRADEZCO ME ESCRIBAS, SALUDOS R.P.
Very rare I think. What was the name of the movie? Edie is very much changed here. She was even deeper into drugs by 1967. But you can still see her brilliance shining through.
@MowgliX Thank you for your words, I appreciate them. I don't think the movie was ever finished. At least I never heard anything about it. And yes, Edie was deep into drugs at the time. The whole time she was there she slurred her words, though she knew what was going on around her. But she was a real presence.
@delsure Yes, she changed so much physically. She looks very harrowed here, like a real junkie here for the first time. But even at this late stage of her deterioration she was still beautiful to look at, a real lady to the last day of her life. What is even more shocking is how much her personality changed, how much her whole attitude and her voice changed: it became deeper, her speech much slower, slurred. What year were these photos taken? 1968?
@MowgliX These pix were taken in 1967 in East Hampton and it could well be the last time Edie and Andy worked together, though I'm not sure of this, since I did not see her again and I saw Andy only a couple of times after I came back to NY.
@delsure That's *really* interesting because so few people who were there at the time are wiling to talk about it, or maybe don't remember. And some are gone now of course. You were there? Did you talk to her at all? What did she seem like to you?
@MowgliX She was in New York for her movie "Ciao, Manhattan" and I guess she was invited by Andy (or maybe Waldo) to East Hampton. "Ciao, Manhattan" was supposed to have been the vehicle for her comeback, which didn't happen. Of course, most of this I don't know first hand, specially back then, since I was in the US only temporarily. It was only after I came back to the US that I realized the full impact of the pictures I had taken. Such is life... I guess
Brillante. La pena en el rostro de Edie llegaba a darle pena a uno. Si además es una de las últimas veces que trabajó con Warhol, es tb un documento histórico.
@jamalspeling - Gracias por sus palabras. Cuando filmé el video, Edie ya se haba ido a California y estaba en Nueva York por su filme "Ciao, Manhattan". No la volví a ver después de ese fin de semana, pero su tragedia se me quedó grabada.
En "The Factory" estuve un par de veces, pero practicamente no vi a Andy, había demasiada gente que hacían imposible acercarse o tener una conversación por lo que dejé de ir. Lo vi más en el Max Kansas City. Andy era una persona maravillosa, bella.
decades later after this weekend of fimlming, my friend john wolford was in a restaurant in west hollywood and andy was there as well with some celebrities. andy instantly recognized john and ran over and asked him to stay after he finished with his people. after dinner andy came over and asked how we were doing and asked if we got any artwork from all the art we made for him. john said no and andy said he would fix that when he got back to ny. he had the operation and died after his return.
promenade237 1 month ago
john is with andy at 5:57 and 6:26 doing sound with me playing 1st AD.....
promenade237 1 month ago
Hello, my name is Sepp Donahower and I here at this event....and am in some of these photos. (blond guy with stripe pants, turtleneck or no shirt) My friend John Wolford and I spent the summer helping Andy make artwork and shoot movies in 67. Andy asked us to come to Easthampton to help, and I was close with Edie at the time. Shortly after this, Edie returned with us to California . Andy and Edie......never met anyone like him or her since. Andy was a great listener and watcher.
promenade237 1 month ago
@promenade237
I remember you very well, though not John (is he in the pixs?) Was'nt that a tremendous weekend? I recently was in contact with Waldo Balart, my very dear friend and the host. I never forgot the people in that weekend, Andy or Edie (what a tragedy!) I hope you are well and let's continue in touch and do let me know what you think of the video and the pix. Abrazos.
delsure 1 month ago
@delsure Do you have any more photos of Edie?
MowgliX 1 month ago
@MowgliX Yes, I have a few more of the same weekend, both B&W and color, but not that many.
delsure 1 month ago
@delsure Wow, please post them! Or publish them somehow.
MowgliX 1 month ago
@MowgliX I'll try, and if I do, I'll let you know.
delsure 1 month ago
@delsure Please post them if you can find the time!
MowgliX 1 month ago
@promenade237 What was Edie like when you talked to her? I wish there were more photos, film clips or voice recordings out there of this wonderful girl. I guess they are sitting in people's old boxes up in the attic...
MowgliX 1 month ago
@MowgliX Edie was pretty spaced out, I think, but still quite an amazing person. I wish I had known her during her good times. She must have been really amazing. All in all I was quite taken by her. And as you say, there probably is a bunch of pix in private collections. Thought not like today, but still there were a lot of cameras back then, and tape recorders and film cameras.
delsure 1 month ago
@delsure I understand that Edie had a real meltdown in the early summer of 1967, and from then on it was all downwards. She attempted suicide in New York, I don't know the exact circumstances, and was committed by her mother, much too late, in the fall of 1968. But Edie spent time in some really horrible mental institutions in New York too. She had electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in NYC and in California. It was such a terrible tragedy, and really, none of that was her fault.
MowgliX 1 month ago
@delsure True, digital photography has changed things. But yeah, even then, b&w photography was not expensive. I was trained how to shoot with all manual cameras and do the actual lab work. It's a lot more fun to develop film and then print that on very large photo paper, and not just do some editing on the computer and press Print. It's a whole different thing. And anybody could get a proper tape recorder at that time. Quality equipment was just bigger, more cumbersome and more expensive then.
MowgliX 1 month ago
MARCELO, QUE ESTUPENDO Y HERMOSO REPORTAJE FOTOGRAFICO, WOW, QUE DE RECUERDOS MARAVILLOSOS, TE FELICITO............¿ DONDE ANDAS, ME GUSTARIA CONTACTARTE, ES ROLANDO PEÑA, ESTOY EN CARACAS, MI E - MAIL ES : rolandosiete@gmail.com, SI VES ESTO TE AGRADEZCO ME ESCRIBAS, SALUDOS R.P.
MrRolandosiete 1 year ago
This is from the filming of Andy Warhol's and Paul Morrissey's movie "The Loves of Ondine" (see IMDb) in the summer of 1967.
MowgliX 1 year ago
Very rare I think. What was the name of the movie? Edie is very much changed here. She was even deeper into drugs by 1967. But you can still see her brilliance shining through.
MowgliX 1 year ago
@MowgliX Thank you for your words, I appreciate them. I don't think the movie was ever finished. At least I never heard anything about it. And yes, Edie was deep into drugs at the time. The whole time she was there she slurred her words, though she knew what was going on around her. But she was a real presence.
delsure 1 year ago
@delsure Yes, she changed so much physically. She looks very harrowed here, like a real junkie here for the first time. But even at this late stage of her deterioration she was still beautiful to look at, a real lady to the last day of her life. What is even more shocking is how much her personality changed, how much her whole attitude and her voice changed: it became deeper, her speech much slower, slurred. What year were these photos taken? 1968?
MowgliX 1 year ago
@MowgliX These pix were taken in 1967 in East Hampton and it could well be the last time Edie and Andy worked together, though I'm not sure of this, since I did not see her again and I saw Andy only a couple of times after I came back to NY.
delsure 1 year ago
@delsure That's *really* interesting because so few people who were there at the time are wiling to talk about it, or maybe don't remember. And some are gone now of course. You were there? Did you talk to her at all? What did she seem like to you?
MowgliX 1 year ago
@delsure I thought Edie left The Factory in mid to late February 1966 and never came back, never worked with Andy again. But she did!
MowgliX 1 year ago
@MowgliX She was in New York for her movie "Ciao, Manhattan" and I guess she was invited by Andy (or maybe Waldo) to East Hampton. "Ciao, Manhattan" was supposed to have been the vehicle for her comeback, which didn't happen. Of course, most of this I don't know first hand, specially back then, since I was in the US only temporarily. It was only after I came back to the US that I realized the full impact of the pictures I had taken. Such is life... I guess
delsure 1 year ago
Brillante. La pena en el rostro de Edie llegaba a darle pena a uno. Si además es una de las últimas veces que trabajó con Warhol, es tb un documento histórico.
PD: ¿alguna vez estuvo en la Factory?
jamalspeling 1 year ago
@jamalspeling - Gracias por sus palabras. Cuando filmé el video, Edie ya se haba ido a California y estaba en Nueva York por su filme "Ciao, Manhattan". No la volví a ver después de ese fin de semana, pero su tragedia se me quedó grabada.
En "The Factory" estuve un par de veces, pero practicamente no vi a Andy, había demasiada gente que hacían imposible acercarse o tener una conversación por lo que dejé de ir. Lo vi más en el Max Kansas City. Andy era una persona maravillosa, bella.
delsure 1 year ago
Those pictures of Edie are fucking brilliant!! Thank you! ♥
xXPinkGoddessXx 1 year ago
@xXPinkGoddessXx
Thanks for your comments. Edie was really a very special, though tragic, person. Not easy to forget.
delsure 1 year ago
good stuff, amazing pix of edie *,*!
desertshore 1 year ago
@desertshore
Edie was an incredible person, though tragic. She was not easy to forget.
delsure 1 year ago