Andy Warhol’s Rare Polaroids Of His Famous Friends

Warhol documented his whole life in Polaroids, taking more than 20,000 shots of the famous and fabulous. Here are a select few of Dolly, Divine, Basquiat, Burroughs – and a super-70s Audrey Hepburn having a cigarette break
Photo above: Grace Jones

Andy Warhol Polaroids 1958-1987 is available now from Taschen.
Photo above: Dolly Parton, 1985

All photographs: courtesy The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc
Photo above: Audrey Hepburn, 1973

Jack Nicholson, 1972

Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1983

Dennis Hopper, 1970

Divine, 1974

William Burroughs, 1980

Yves Saint Laurent and Bianca Jagger, Venice 1973
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