Long Before Instagram, Andy Warhol Chronicled His Life and Friends Through Polaroids

Andy Warhol is famously known for his Pop Art but he was also an avid photographer who constantly documented his world. From the late 1950’s until his death in 1987, Warhol kept a visual diary of his life with a Polaroid camera and accumulated a collection of thousands of photos.

Taschen’s Andy Warhol: Polaroids 1958-1987 features hundreds of instant pictures that include portraits of Mick Jagger, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jack Nicholson, Dolly Parton, Audrey Hepburn and other snapshots of life through Andy Warhol’s eyes.

Jack Nicholson, 1972 (The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/Taschen)

Dolly Parton, 1985 (The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/Taschen)

Dennis Hopper, 1970 (The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/Taschen)

Audrey Hepburn, 1973 (The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/Taschen)

Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1982 (The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/Taschen)

Andy Warhol, 1979 (The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/Taschen)

Mick Jagger, 1975 (The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/Taschen)

Bianca Jagger, 1972; Yves Saint Laurent, 1972 (The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/Taschen)

Pelé, 1977; Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1977 (The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/Taschen)

Karl Lagerfeld, 1972 (The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/Taschen)

Grace Jones (The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/Taschen)

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