Warhol’s photographs go on show

Andy Warhol made his name as one of the best, one of the founding members and one of the iconic symbols of Pop Art in the twentieth century. Something that many people don’t realise about Andy Warhol though, that as well as his painted Pop Art, he was also an accomplished photographer.

Recently some of Andy Warhol’s original private photographs were revealed as Cal State Fullerton’s Grand Central Art Centre was honoured to receive 155 of his Polaroids, all black and white, all taken by Warhol himself.

The Andy Warhol Foundation has celebrated its twentieth anniversary by handing over 28,543 different photographs taken by Warhol to 183 university and college museums throughout the United States. The idea is to showcase the artist’s photographs, as many people didn’t even know of the existence of the photographs.

Andrea Harris-McGee, director of the Grand Central Art Centre said:

These never-before-seen personal photographs give background information and a behind-the-scenes look into the mind of a world-renowned artist who was ahead of his time. Warhol was a catalyst for the pop art scene [and] set the art world on fire.

Warhol made his name turning mundane symbols into iconic art pieces celebrating popular culture of the time.

The photographs Warhol took were used to prepare for his artwork; they were used for research from the artist into his portraits.