Ten Years After: The Warhol Factory at Audart

"People probably want to know how I knew Candy, or did I know Andy? In other words, who is she? I was a high school girl in New York who went out an awful lot and hung around downtown and The Factory. I took these photos later on while I was finishing art school. So this is "student work," if you believe in such a thing-- (I don't). Some of my best friends were Superstars, so I am a person who knew semi-famous people who know some very famous people and so on.

In 1971, I lived in a loft across from the Chelsea Hotel, upstairs from a beauty parlor and downstairs from photographer Peter Hujar. I was in my third year in art school and fifth year in Maxes. I was in full creative swing. One day, Candy, Jeremiah, and I took the subway to Brighton Beach in Brooklyn. We had a large makeup bag and two evening gowns. We found a delicatessen and Candy changed into the lamé. It was windy and the water was cold. These are just a few of the photos we did that day."

Laura Rubin

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