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Inside: The Chelsea Hotel Hardcover – December 1, 2007

by Julia Calfee (Photographer), Milos Forman (Foreword)

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In an intimate style, Inside: The Chelsea Hotel documents not only the archetypes and atmosphere in, but also echoes from the spirits and ghosts of, the inimitable Chelsea Hotel.

The Chelsea Hotel is a place where excess is welcome, where the psyche can be annihilated or resurrected. It has a magical potential for transformation, whether through rebirth or destruction. Artists such as Mark Twain, Edith Piaf, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Jasper Johns, Jack Kerouac, Wilhelm de Kooning, Leonard Cohen, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Ethan Hawke have been drawn inside by a seemingly irresistible magnetic force. Julia Calfee has lived and photographed in the Chelsea Hotel for four years.

“When I photographed at the Chelsea Hotel, I would stay in a space or situation for hours. Time would pass and my presence would become less and less visible. Sometimes I would even disappear."

“People are always asking me what it’s like to live in the Chelsea Hotel. Not always easy. There are times I felt like a fly caught in a spider’s web, at risk of being eaten alive if I made the wrong move. This goes with living and working in the same place with a large extended, temperamental family full of artistic sensitivities and colossal egos, with long, exposed nerve ends—but there were also many moments of friendship, generosity, and complicity.”

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Julia Calfee - an artist whose media is photography, video,audio-recordings and writing - has spent most of her professional lifeliving and working in Europe and Asia. She majored in art history at the Sorbonne, Paris. Her projects are always long term as she seeks tounderstand and portray what goes on beneath the apparent reality. Herwork has been shown in museums and galleries in France, Great Britain,Italy, Spain, Czech Republic, Singapore and the USA.

Czech-born Antonin Kratochvil is a co-founder of the photo agency VII, the 1991 Infinity Photojournalist of the Year, and the recipient of awards including the 1994 Dorothea Lange Prize, 2005 Lucie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Photojournalism, and 2005 Golden Light Award for Best Documentary Book. He is the author of five books and his work appears frequently in major publications worldwide.

Hardcover: 208 pages
Publisher: powerHouse Books; First Edition edition (December 1, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1576874060
ISBN-13: 978-1576874066
Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 1 x 12.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
Average Customer Review: 3 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,525,465 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #4081 in Photo Essays (Books)
- #620 in Nude Photography
- #5198 in Erotic Photography (Books)

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Decadence

August 31, 2017

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The book is a great depiction of what the Chelsea was..... in the late 70's, as a teen I would sneak to NY and go to this hotel trying to catch a glimpse of a celebrity. It was full of decadence and many a proposition was made on me & friends as young girls, not a healthy place to be.

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V. H. Rif

Simply fabulous!

March 27, 2008

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I am not an art critic, but I was enthralled with each and every page in this book. I felt the raw emotion inside every photo. I felt like I was there.

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Loved it!

March 31, 2008

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Staying in the Chelsea Hotel was a joyous and unique experience. Julia Calfee's photographs captured the essence of this experience. A brilliant and beautiful book.....

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