Bobby Miller | A 45 Year Retrospective

Dina Martina, archival pigment print, 2015

Jimmy Lee Curtis, archival pigment print, 22×17, 2016

Shania, archival pigment print, 22×17, 2016

A few years Bobby Miller the legendary photographer and one of PTown’s favored sons, upped sticks and with his husband moved to a rural dream in Great Barrington. (that Vogue labeled the ‘quiet cool Berkshire town.” ) This was by no means the first time that this native of Washington DC has been on the move and one of his longest sojourns was in NY City. It was the time of Studio 54 and the real start of celebrity culture, and Bobby was there up front and center photographing it all.

It was the start of a 45-year career creating a stunning portfolio of portraiture. It wasn’t just the fact he was able to get a never-ending roster of artists, actors, writers, drag queens to pose for him, but it was the unique style in which he captured them that makes his body of work so remarkble and just a sheer joy to behold.

Margaret Cho	Thirsty Burlinton as MJ, archival pigment print, 2016
Mira & Matthew, archival pigment print, 22×17, 1977	Steve Rubell & Andy Warhol, archival pigment print, 22×17, 1977

Now Ptown’s prodigal son returns for a 45 Year Retrospective at the AMP Gallery that opens on Friday 12th August and he shared some of the images with us in advance for this unmissable show.

P.S. Bobby Miller is also a published poet & writer and is included in “The Outlaw Bible of American Poets” and “The Outlaw Bible of American Artists”. He is the author of 25 books of photography and 4 books of poetry.

Divine, archival pigment print, 22×17, 1977	Edie Beale, archival pigment print, 22×17, 1977
Joey Arias, archival pigment print, 22×17, 2015	Ty Beck, archival pigment print, 22×17, 2010

BOBBY MILLER | A 45 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE
Opening reception: Friday, August 12, 6-9 PM
August 12 through September 7
AMP GALLERY, PTOWN