Hollywood

Hollywood Confidential is the latest collection of beautifully timed photos from bestselling society photographer Dafydd Jones. Formerly of Tatler and Vanity Fair, Jones is a serial capturer of intimate moments during high-society functions – as legendary editor Graydon Carter puts it, when it comes to party photographers, Dafydd Jones is ‘the best of the best’. On numerous occasions in the 1990s and early ’00s, Jones turned his lens to the faces of Hollywood royalty. At Vanity Fair Oscars parties, as well as exhibition openings, Golden Globes ceremonies and more, Jones snapped some of the biggest names in the celebrity sphere with all his usual guile and impudence. The result is a rare thing – photographs that convey the underlying personalities of the world’s most public figures as they mingled and partied at their most public events.

Following on from England: The Last Hurrah and New York: High Life / Low Life, this is an essential portrait of celebrity culture from behind the scenes, featuring the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen DeGeneres, Prince, Tom Cruise, Winona Ryder and many, many others.

Praise for Dafydd Jones:

“Dafydd catches those moments of genuine exhilaration, wealth and youth.” – The Hollywood Reporter

“Mr. Jones goes about his business with cheery zest and a wicked eye.” – New York Times

“Some carefully tended public images are punctured with such rapier precision that one can hear the hiss as they deflate.” – Mitchell Owens, The World of Interiors

“Sublime vintage photographs…”– Hermione Eyre, the Telegraph

“Modest though he is, Dafydd’s photographs will endure for having perfectly captured a society on the brink of decline.” – Country & Townhouse podcast

“The New York book is an evocative historical document, brimming with nostalgia and menace.” – Hannah Marriott, The Guardian

“The best party photographers, and their numbers are few, are like snipers… Dafydd Jones is the sniper’s sniper – the best of the best.” Graydon Carter, foreword from New York: High Life / Low Life

“Dafydd’s brilliant evocation of a time and a class only seem more potent today, when we know that so many of the moneyed twits in his ’80s portfolio ended up running the country, as they always have” – Tina Brown, The New Yorker