Our Hollywood by David Strick. Introduction by Bret Easton Ellis.

Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988. 1st edition, 1st printing in large hardcover with protected dust jacket.  105 pages with 65 black-and-white photographs by David Strick.  Ex-library, card pocket removed from back of book, faint adhesive shadows on covers from tape used to affix former dust jacket protector, new protector, vertical creases on last few pages, no spine label on dust jacket which is fine.

David Strick is an acclaimed American editorial, commercial, and behind-the-scenes photographer best known for his witty, unvarnished candid documentation of Hollywood and the film industry. Born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles, Strick began working as a professional photographer in the 1970s, developing a signature 35mm black-and-white and color documentary style that captures surreal, chaotic, and authentic off-camera moments on movie sets and promotional events. He gained widespread industry recognition through his long-running photo columns, including "David Strick’s Hollywood" for Premiere magazine, which ran for over eleven years, and later features for the Los Angeles Times ("The Backlot") and The Hollywood Reporter. Rather than staged celebrity portraiture, his work focuses on the unscripted absurdity, mundane downtime, and intricate mechanics of filmmaking, compiled in published monographs such as Our Hollywood (1988). Having taught at institutions like the Art Center College of Design and served on the board of Editorial Photographers, Strick leaves a distinctive legacy as one of the entertainment industry’s most insightful, wry visual chroniclers.