Pat & Mike at B&N: Come join the fun
I’ll be signing copies of Focus and dissecting the fashion circus with my longtime friend supermodel Pat Cleveland on July 13th at a talk moderated by former Vogue photographer Andrea Blanch, the founder and editor-in-chief of Musee Magazine. Please join us at 7PM that night at the Barnes & Noble at Broadway and West 82nd […]
“Bombshell tell-all,” says Daily Mail
Yesterday, the Daily Mail revealed that controversial photographer Terry Richardson had posted a photograph on Instagram of himself with his twin infant sons on the same day the New York Post published its exclusive excerpt from Focus about his own troubled childhood. The Mail suggests the image shows Richardson is “quite unfazed by reports” of […]
Focus is “shocking,” says Mail Online
MailOnline picked up the New York Post’s exclusive excerpt from Focus about the provovative photographer Terry Richardson “bizarre” childhood, his father, the late photographic great Bob Richardson, and his longtime muse and girlfriend Anjelica Huston. Bob and Anjelica both gave exclusive interviews that appear in Focus. (The image is a screen grab from the blog […]
Bill Cunningham as role model
I remember working beside Bill Cunningham in this piece for Time Magazine’s Lightbox. (My snapshot of Bill was taken circa 1992)
“An often shocking tale,” says New York’s Daily News
FASHION PHOTOGS DIRTY SECRETS the front page of today’s Daily News announces in a story on Focus. “Don’t expect model behavior from fashion photographers,” writes Larry McShane. “Author Michael Gross, in a new tell-all book out July 5, dishes the dirt on the shooters rather than their subjects in an often-shocking tale rife with bed-hopping […]
RIP Bill Cunningham, 87
Though not one of the characters in Focus–his street photography was sui generis–Bill Cunningham was one of the great photographers working in the fashion milieu. He died today after suffering a stroke. We worked together at the New York Times, and I always tried to follow his advice. “Give ’em hell, child,” he’d always tell […]
Focus: “Delving into the private worlds of legends.” –Departures
Focus is “the kind of deep dive we’ve come to expect…” from “Michael Gross…master chronicler of behind-closed-doors lives…delving into the private worlds of legends including Richard Avedon, Bert Stern, Bruce Weber, and latter-day provocateur Terry Richardson,” writes Departures magazine in its new issue.
Focus is “a juicy history of scandalous lives,” says Booklist
“Anyone interested in fashion and/or photography will find Gross’ full immersion fascinating,” says The American Library Association’s Booklist in its review of Focus. Reviewer Sarah Grant highlights the book’s look at “the industry’s transformations” and its “dish on the enormous egos, volatile relationships with models and editors, and [the] emotional turbulence that seems to be […]
Focus is #1 in Fashion Photography
Following last night’s launch party, Focus hit the top of the Amazon bestseller list of fashion photography books, even though it won’t be published until July 5th. It’s also #2 on the list of books on models and #13 on the list of books on fashion. Please pre-order now from your favorite online bookseller.
XXX Peekaboo out of Focus
Today’s Page Six features a tid-bit from Focus about a poster-girl Seventies supermodel and her secret XXX-rated antics. Who got photographed in flagrante delicto? See if you can figure it out when Focus comes out in a dozen days.