Monster Children
Monster Children Black And White Issue, October 2009
Candy Collective
Candy The Photography Issue, October 2009
Vogue Brazil
Vogue Brazil, September 2009, 'Beverly Hell's Angels' feature of Brad Elterman's photographs.
L' Officiel
In their June/ July 2009 issue, French fashion magazine, L' Officiel did a beautiful eight page feature of my seventies photographs. I flew to Paris to meet the editors and was so moved with the way that they embraced my seventies paparazzi style of photography. It is incredible how this type of photography is so "in vogue" today. I definitely plan on spending more time in Paris this year. I will keep you posted! My next stop will be to shoot a Gucci ad seventies paparazzi style. Thank you Emmanuel Cossu and the entire L'Officiel team!!
Mojo
August 2009 issue.
A Photography Blog.
Brad Elterman: Then and Now
By Rachel Hulin on October 15, 2008
I became fascinated with Brad Elterman's classic rock imagery (and amazing caption-writing) from the '70s and '80s at the inception of this blog, and was recently in touch with him about his current activities. He continues to shape the paparazzi industry from the inside-- he's now a co-founder of Buzz Foto.
A little Q&A follows.
Brad Elterman (on the right), then:
How did you get started in the paparazzi business?
I was not always a paparazzo. I shot for all of the record companies and rock magazines. I was friends with many of the bands and we all hung out. Back in 1975 I wanted to take photos of David Bowie while he was in L.A and I was turned down by the publicist. Bowie was such a provocative figure back then and every move he made was controlled by his management and PR.
The Birth Of Buzz Foto
The big news is that I am back in the photo agency business once again. I started Buzz Foto with my brilliant business partner, Henry Flores. Henry has been in the industry for years and we make a wonderful team. This agency is all about making iconic photographs of celebrities for magazines and newspapers.
We studied the market before we started Buzz Foto and came to the obvious conclusion that Paparazzi is what the magazines want these days. It is evident that when executed properly and professionally, this is an expectable form of journalism and it is not going away anytime soon.
We promised ourselves that we would strive to have our photographers make beautiful iconic photographs which would have the potential to hang on the walls of MoMA one day next to the works of Walker Evans, Helen Levitt and Bresson. That is how we came up with Buzz Foto's "Paparazzi As An Art Form" and we are about to produce our very first "Paparazzi As An Art Form" photo exhibition in Los Angeles. We hope that it will be the first of many.
Last fall, Henry and I were invited to speak in New York at the Apple Store, SoHo where we shared with the capacity crowd the stories behind our photographs. The showcase featured my seventies and eighties photos and covered all of the modern work that Henry does daily with Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and Nicole Ritchie.
Gallerie Thoma & Thoma 2007
Last year I was contacted by Basel artist Marco Pittori inquiring if he could use my "Behind The Beverly Hills Hotel" as inspiration for one of his modern conceptual paintings. I agreed and I flew to Basel to join Marco for a group show at at Gallerie Thoma & Thoma last May. The show was a big success and we became instant friends. We hope to do other shows together in Europe and Los Angeles in 2008.
