In semi chronological order



Paul Newman, director's lunch 5/72

Nichols and May, McGovern Rally, Madison Square Garden

Bette Midler, Central Park, August 1972

Joan Crawford at Town Hall, April, 1973

Bette Davis at Town Hall, same season

Elton John, Madison Square Garden, 8/17/76

Tom Waits, Lincoln Center, 11/9/75

Muhammed Ali, St Regis Hotel 9/76

Bonnie Raitt, backstage ***************

John Cassavettes & Gena Rowlands A Woman Under the Influence, 10/74

Streisand/Frank Pierson A Star is Born

Rita Moreno spoofs Googie Gomez, The Ritz, 2/75

John Travolta rehearses Saturday Night Fever, March, 1977

Sexual Perversity in Chicago, Cherry Lane Theater, 6/76

Dustin Hoffman, Kramer v/s Kramer, 10/78

Meryl Streep, Kramer v/s Kramer, Central Park, 10/78

Recording session, Sweeney Todd, March 13, 1979

Billy & Audrey Wilder, Lincoln Center Film Society Tribute, 5/82

Opening night CATS,10/82

Lenny levitates - from series of Maestro Bernstein in rehearsal 8/87

Amy Adams, Enchanted, 2006

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Barbra Streisand, filming maiden feminist work - Up the Sandbox, Central Park, May 1972 (indoor portrait lighting by Gordon Willis; rear exterior by God)

Francis Ford Coppola directing Godfather II, East Village, April 1, 1974

Robert De Niro, Godfather II, 6th Street and Avenue A , April 1, 1974

Debbie Reynolds, recording Broadway cast LP Irene, 4/73

John Lennon, being pelted by hostile fan (standing left), during final live concert appearance, 11/74

Peter Allen in "uptown" mainstream debut, Avery Fisher Hall, May, 1975

Bonnie Raitt, on stage, Lincoln Center, 11/9/75

Woody Allen filming Manhattan

Madeline Kahn, channeling Lily Von Schtupp, Carl Schurtz Park, November, 1976

Travolta color close

Estelle Parsons, Miss Margarida's Way, Joe Papp's Shakespeare Theater, 8/77

Cher, Roller Disco debut, Empire Rink, Brooklyn, 2/26/79


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CATS, opening night Winter Garden Theater, 10/82

Jack Nicholson, mobbed by school kids outside Carlyle Hotel, October 2000

Fellow Texas Outlaw Willie Nelson

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