Hollywood Royale: Out of the School of Los Angeles features over 100 mesmerising photographs selected from Rolston’s extensive body of work, centering on his unforgettable portraits of the era’s most famous personalities.
With essays by authors Pat Hackett, Andy Warhol's longtime collaborator and diarist; Colin Westerbeck, noted photographic curator and expert on American photographer Irving Penn; and Charles Churchward, longtime creative director of Vogue and Vanity Fair, and author of The Golden Hour, a definitive biography of Herb Ritts, Hollywood Royale paints a fascinating picture of an indelible image-maker and the film stars, models, and artists he immortalized during this period. Rolston’s photographs recall the glamour of “Old Hollywood” with postmodern irony, helping to point the way towards the cult of fame we live with today.
