‘I didn’t want to take the photo everyone else would take. You know, the one right after – where they look surprised, happy, holding up their shiny new Oscar.
I wanted to capture something different – I wanted to capture the morning after. The moment when the star wakes up and it dawns on them that, overnight, everything in their careers, their lives, just changed.
I explained the idea to Faye and told her, “Listen, if you win – meet me by the pool at dawn. And bring the Oscar.” ‘She was staying at The Beverly Hills Hotel and I knew the guy who worked the pool.
I asked him to let us in for a few minutes and then arranged the papers and the breakfast tray. I had it all set when she suddenly appeared, in her dressing gown, Oscar in hand..
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