Fred W. McDarrah
Pop Artists Assemble at Factory Party, Tom Wesselmen, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, April 21, 1964
Vintage gelatin silver, printed ca. 1964
9 x 13 inches
Fred W. McDarrah
Andy Warhol at Stan Vander Becks Farm, September 18, 1966
Vintage gelatin silver, printed 1966
9 1/2 x 7 inches
Fred W. McDarrah
Jim Dine in His Happening at the First New York Theatre Rally, April 30, 1965
Vintage gelatin silver, printed 1965
9 1/2 x 7 inches
Fred W. McDarrah
Bill Graham in Happier Days, 1968
Vintage gelatin silver, printed ca. 1968
7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches
Fred W. McDarrah
Carolee Schneeman in a Private Performance in East Hampton, August 29, 1975
Vintage gelatin silver print, printed 1975
11 x 7 1/2 inches
Fred W. McDarrah
Alice Neel with Portrait of Warhol After He was Shot, October 16, 1970
Vintage gelatin silver, printed 1970
9 x 6 inches
Fred W. McDarrah
Jack Kerouac at 306 W 14th Street, December 10, 1959
Vintage gelatin silver, printed 1959
10 x 7 3/4 inches
Fred W. McDarrah
Yoko Tracing Lennon at 8th Avant-Garde Festival, November 19, 1971
Vintage gelatin silver print, printed 1971
10 x 6 3/4 inches
Fred W. McDarrah
LeRoi Jones and Diane di Prima in the Cedar Tavern, University Place, April 5, 1960
Vintage gelatin silver, printed ca. 1970
11 x 14 inches
Fred W. McDarrah's photographs are featured in Philharmonie de Paris' exhibition "The Velvet Underground New York Extravaganza," an immersive, impressionistic and multimedia exhibition told by the eye-witnesses and contributors of the time. On view March 30 – August 21, 2016.
The New York Times previewed our exhibition Fred W. McDarrah: Save the Village in Sunday's Metropolitan section. The article, titled "Capturing the New York of the 1960s and '70s", by John Leland, praises McDarrah's rigorous documenting of the cultural movements, icons, and events that shaped the second half of the twentieth century.