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ARTICLE BRUCE WEBER
PHOTOGRAPHY BRUCE WEBER
STYLIST NAOMI DELUCE WILDING
HAIR DAVY NEWKIRK (TRACEY MATTINGLY) GROOMING AND MAKEUP SARAI FISZEL (JED ROOT) TALENT LUIS KELLING, JAKE ANDREWS, ANTHONY BALDWIN (NOUS MODELS), BEN BOWERS, MAXIMILLIAN SILBERMAN (VISION L.A.), JOE LOCICIERO (ELITE L.A.), ROSE LEWIS, SHANE CHAPMAN (CLICK L.A.), JESSE ROBELLO (CLICK N.Y.), ANDREW STEINMETZ (NO TIES), SETH AND DONOVAN SANTORO, JOSHUA BOWMAN, LOGAN MARSHALL GREEN, STEVEN STRAIT, KENYA KINSKI PRODUCTION GWEN WALBERG (LITTLE BEAR INC) PHOTO ASSISTANTS MICHAEL MURPHY, JEFF TAUTRIM, WILL ADLER PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS LUKE ADLER, GARRETT KOHLER, JOSH GUFFEY STYLIST ASSISTANT CLAUDIA CRACIU HAIR ASSISTANT EDDIE ARANA GROOMING AND MAKEUP ASSISTANTS CHICO KITABATA AND MARCO SOUZA PRODUCTION RENTALS EDGE GRIP AND QUIXOTE, LOS ANGELES SPECIAL THANKS BOXEIGHT STUDIOS, LOS ANGELES AND GREENFIELD RANCH IN THOUSAND OAKS, CA
WHEN YOU GET THE BLUES TAKE A TRIP TO "CHIHUAHUA TOWN" ( IT WAS WRITTEN IN THE STARS...)
There’s no day the same for me in L.A. I like to think that those initials for the City of Angels stand for “Love Anew.” I wish that when I got into town my friend Elizabeth Taylor could still be by my side. I asked her granddaughter Naomi Wilding to take time away from her family to be our fashion editor for our journey. I needed to get me some sun and get my fill of tacos and friends and drive a fancy car that I could never own and listen to music in my convertible—so loud that I can’t hear the road rage, can’t hear my cell phone ringing because “I’m late for a date with a mate.” Oh, to write on my hands and on the pink hotel stationery from the coffee shop at the Beverly Hills Hotel with Ruthie serving me my favorite waffles. Writing words about what I see and hear with my camera in hand. To my surprise, Elizabeth Taylor’s dad once lived in the same bungalow where now I lay my head on four big pillows to fall asleep. L.A. is different without Elizabeth—there are no dinners being planned at In & Out Burger. But I can hear her still whispering in my ear as I take each photograph, “Even though everybody’s in bed by 10:00, don’t you just love my town? It’s so SCHMALTZY!”
HAIR DAVY NEWKIRK (TRACEY MATTINGLY) GROOMING AND MAKEUP SARAI FISZEL (JED ROOT) TALENT LUIS KELLING, JAKE ANDREWS, ANTHONY BALDWIN (NOUS MODELS), BEN BOWERS, MAXIMILLIAN SILBERMAN (VISION L.A.), JOE LOCICIERO (ELITE L.A.), ROSE LEWIS, SHANE CHAPMAN (CLICK L.A.), JESSE ROBELLO (CLICK N.Y.), ANDREW STEINMETZ (NO TIES), SETH AND DONOVAN SANTORO, JOSHUA BOWMAN, LOGAN MARSHALL GREEN, STEVEN STRAIT, KENYA KINSKI PRODUCTION GWEN WALBERG (LITTLE BEAR INC) PHOTO ASSISTANTS MICHAEL MURPHY, JEFF TAUTRIM, WILL ADLER PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS LUKE ADLER, GARRETT KOHLER, JOSH GUFFEY STYLIST ASSISTANT CLAUDIA CRACIU HAIR ASSISTANT EDDIE ARANA GROOMING AND MAKEUP ASSISTANTS CHICO KITABATA AND MARCO SOUZA PRODUCTION RENTALS EDGE GRIP AND QUIXOTE, LOS ANGELES SPECIAL THANKS BOXEIGHT STUDIOS, LOS ANGELES AND GREENFIELD RANCH IN THOUSAND OAKS, CA