Bad Behavior
Contributors: Carter Ratcliff (Introduction); Bill Hayward (Photographer)
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications; Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Published: December 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780847822898
Subjects: Photography; Subjects & Themes - Portraits; Individual Photographers And Their Work; Portraits; Photo Techniques; Portrait photography; Individual Photographer; History Of Art / Art & Design Styles; Photography / Individual Photographer; Celebrities; General; 1942-; Hayward, Bill,
Description: "Bad Behavior is a new approach to portraiture. Rather than photographing his subjects posed in front of the standard, neutral paper backdrop, photographer Bill Hayward boldly invites them to transform the backdrop in any way they choose. Armed with scissors, brush, and paint, the subjects take over, creating fascinating, often amusing, and always revealing portraits. Some use the backdrop to paint portraits, some create landscapes, some write words or phrases, while others create entire stories.

Many choose to transform not only the backdrop, but themselves - removing their clothes and/or painting their bodies in the process.".

"Hayward's subjects are luminaries in a variety of creative fields: painters, actors, directors, dancers, writers, musicians, and poets. Among these are several well-known figures, such as actors Willem Dafoe and Mary Beth Hurt, poets Sharon Olds and Gerald Stern, artists Nancy Spero and Leon Golub, writer Michael Cunningham, musician Michael Feinstein, the late author and actor Quentin Crisp, and comedian Al Franken."--BOOK JACKET.