NORTHWEST" IS BACK. NOW, FROM THE AAA TRAVEL
ALCOVE, HERE'S MARGARET LARSON.
>>> CELEBRITY PHOTOGRAPHER
RANDALL SLAVIN BEGAN
PHOTOGRAPHING SUPERSTARS LONG
BEFORE THEY MADE IT BIG.
ANY NEW COFFEE TABLE BOOK, HE
OPENS UP HIS PERSONAL
COLLECTION OF SNAPSHOTS FROM
BACK IN THE DAY.
IT IS GREAT TO HAVE HIM HERE.
THOSE ARE AMAZING PHOTOGRAPHS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> FIRST OF ALL, YOU DID NOT
REALLY SIT OFF TO PHOTOGRAPH
CELEBRITIES.
CELEBRITIES. >> NO, I WAS JUST SHOOTING MY
FRIENDS.
FRIENDS.
FRIENDS. I WAS -- I HAD A CAMERA AND
THESE ARE JUST THE PEOPLE WE
WERE HANGING OUT WITH.
THEY WERE CELEBRITIES AT THE
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. >>
TIME. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> THEY BECAME CELEBRITIES.
>> YOU CHOSE AT LEAST CERTAIN
SUBJECTS.
SUBJECTS.
SUBJECTS. SO YOU MUST'VE BEEN ATTRACTED
TO SOMETHING OF THEIR CHARISMA,
THEIR ARTISTRY, SOMETHING ABOUT
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. >>
THEM. >> THEY WERE REALLY GOOD
LOOKING.
LOOKING.
LOOKING. THAT HELPS.
THAT HELPS. >> THAT IS THE THING IN
HOLLYWOOD.
HOLLYWOOD. THEY LIKE THAT.
>> REALLY GOOD-LOOKING PEOPLE
WHO WANT TO BE ACTORS.
>> WEIRDLY, IT HAPPENS THAT
WAY.
WAY.
WAY. IF
WAY. IF YOU DECIDED TO OPEN UP YOUR
PERSONAL COLLECTION.
PERSONAL COLLECTION. THESE AREN'T THINGS THAT YOU
HAVE BEEN EXHIBITING.
>> HAD THESE BOXES IN MY CLOSET
THAT MY FRIENDS KNEW ABOUT.
THEY WOULD COME OVER AND RIFLE
THROUGH THEM AND STUFF.
BUT IT WAS NOT ANYTHING I
PLANNED ON DOING ANYTHING WITH.
SO MUCH TIME HAD PASSED.
IT FELT LIKE ENOUGH TIME HAD
PASSED THAT THEY HAD BECAME
INTERESTING.
INTERESTING. PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THEM BECAME
SUPER SUCCESSFUL.
SUPER SUCCESSFUL. >> AND WE ARE SEEING SOME OF
THEM NOW.
THEM NOW.
THEM NOW. YOU'VE BEEN OKAY.
COMING, YOU KNOW, HE HAS DONE
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. >>
WELL. >> THEY DID WELL.
>> HOW YOUNG WERE THEY?
>> I THINK SHE WAS 22.
THAT WAS THE 22nd BIRTHDAY.
I THINK LEO WAS 22 AS WELL.
21, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> IS THIS CHARLIZE ALSO?
>> THAT IS, AT A MEXICAN
RESTAURANT.
RESTAURANT. >> HAD THERE BEEN A MARGARITA?
>> NUMEROUS MARGARITAS.
>> SO YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF GREAT
STORIES.
STORIES.
STORIES. THERE'S ONE ABOUT SCOTT WHELAN,
WHO IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE
VOCALISTS.
VOCALISTS. >> THAT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE
PICTURES LEFT YOU KNOW, BECAUSE
IT IS A SIDE SCOTT THAT PEOPLE
DON'T SEE OFTEN.
IT IS WITH HIS YOUNG DAUGHTER,
LUCY.
LUCY.
LUCY. IT
LUCY. IT WAS A MEMORIAL DAY BARBECUE.
IT IS JUST THE FACT THAT PEOPLE
DON'T SEE IT.
WE KNOW ABOUT THE TRAGEDY OF
HIM AND THE TROUBLES THAT HE
HAS GONE TO.
BUT I LOOK AT THAT PICTURE AND
IT JUST WARMS MY HEART BECAUSE
I KNOW THERE WAS THAT SIDE OF
SCOTT THAT HIS FAMILY SAW AND
NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT.
SO THAT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE
PICTURES IN THE BOOK.
>> I REALLY LOVE THAT.
AND I LOVE THE OCEAN SOMETIMES
EASY, WHETHER THEY ARE
PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES OR
SUPERSTARS, WE SEE THAT IT IS
NOT A FACADE.
IT IS ONE SIDE OF A HUMAN
BEING.
BEING.
BEING. AND IT IS NICE TO GET TO KNOW
THE REST OF THEM AND TO GIVE
THEM CREDIT FOR THE FULLNESS OF
THEIR LIVES IN THAT WAY.
SO THERE'S ANOTHER STORY ABOUT
COUNTING CROWS AND JENNIFER
ANISTON, IT HAS TO DO WITH
COUNTY CROWS'S SONG.
>> THIS PHOTO WAS -- I THERE
WAS THIS HOUSE THAT OUR FRIENDS
SAM AND TRACY LIVED ON.
IT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE HOUSES
WHERE ONE SUMMER, IT WAS REALLY
GREAT.
GREAT.
GREAT. IT
GREAT. IT WAS, IN YOUR 20s, YOU HAD
THIS HOUSE THAT YOU ALL
GATHERED AT.
GATHERED AT. MANY LATE NIGHTS THERE AND LOTS
OF DRUNKEN REVELRY.
ADAM WAS WRITING A SONG DURING
THAT PERIOD, LONG DECEMBER.
IT BECAME A BIG HIT.
HE SAYS, DROVE UP TO HILLSIDE
MANOR, WHICH IS THE HOUSE THAT
IS THAT PATIO.
>> THERE WAS.
>> SHE EXPLODED ON FRIENDS AND
HIS RECORD WAS THE BIGGEST IN
AMERICA.
AMERICA.
AMERICA. I HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO
BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE
RIGHT TRUMP.
RIGHT TRUMP. >> THAT IS SO INTERESTING.
WAS THE FIRST CELEBRITY
PORTRAIT THAT YOU TOOK?
>> THE FIRST CELEBRITY PORTRAIT
I GUESS I EVER TOOK I USED TO
BE AN ACTOR BEFORE WHITE I WAS
A PHOTOGRAPHER.
A PHOTOGRAPHER. I WAS DOING A MOVIE CALLED
LEGENDS OF THE FALL.
>> I REMEMBER THIS.
IT WAS PETE BAD PRINT.
I HAD A VERY SMALL PART IN IT.
I HAD A LITTLE CAMERA WITH ME.
I GUESS THAT WOULD BE MY FIRST
CELEBRITY --
CELEBRITY -- >> DID YOU TAKE IT AS A CANDID
OR DID YOU HAVE HIM THOSE?
>> NO, STAND THERE AND I JUST
TOOK THE PICTURE OF HIM LOOKING
AT HIS SCRIPT.
THAT WOULD BE, I GUESS, MY
FIRST BIG LIBERTY PORTER.
>> THERE ARE SO MANY PICTURES
THAT LOOKED TO ME LIKE YOU JUST
CAPTURED LIFE.
CAPTURED LIFE. IF I THINK THAT IS INTERESTING.
WERE YOU DOING THIS SORT OF ON-
THE-FLY AS YOU SAW THESE
THINGS?
THINGS?
THINGS? OR DID YOU REALLY THINK, OKAY,
I'M GOING TO WAIT FOR THIS
MOMENT?
MOMENT?
MOMENT? >> NO.
>> NO.
>> NO. >>
>> NO. >> HOW DO YOU GET THIS KIND OF
STUFF IS WHAT I'M ASKING?
I JUST THINK YOU KNOW YOU'RE AT
A PARTY.
A PARTY.
A PARTY. YOU SHOOT YOUR FRIENDS AND YOU
SHOULD YOUR FRIENDS DOING
THINGS IT WASN'T REALLY PLANT.
I WASN'T WAITING.
BUT JUST TOOK PICTURES OF
THINGS THAT WERE INTERESTING
AND PEOPLE DOING FUN THINGS AND
YET IT WASN'T --
>> TELL US A BIT.
>> THAT WAS VERY YOUNG RESPECT
>> SHE WAS 14.
>> THAT IS MY FRIEND, EDDIE.
WE WERE:STAGE AT THE COUNTING
CROWS CONCERT.
CROWS CONCERT. WE WERE WAITING FOR THE BAND TO
COME OUT.
COME OUT.
COME OUT. I TOOK THAT PICTURE.
>> LIKE WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR OWN
PHOTOGRAPHS OR YOU KNOW, I WAS
DOING THAT AS I WAS THINKING
ABOUT YOU.
ABOUT YOU. OF LOOKING AT PHOTOGRAPHS I
TAKE.
TAKE.
TAKE. MY
TAKE. MY BOOK WOULD BE REALLY BAD.
EVERYBODY IS ALWAYS STANDING
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. WE
THERE. WE GOT THE NEW POST FOR
EVERYBODY.
EVERYBODY. THIS KIND OF THING.
I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THE
WEIGHT YOU HAVE CAPTURED LIFE
AND THE WEIGHT YOU HAVE
APPROACH THIS.
APPROACH THIS. I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S
ANYTHING YOU COULD DISTILL FOR
THOSE OF US WHO WERE
PHOTOGRAPHING EVERYTHING NOW TO
DO BETTER?
DO BETTER? >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. THERE'S A GREAT QUOTE BY THE
LEGENDARY ROBERT P IF YOUR
PICTURES AREN'T GOOD ENOUGH,
YOU'RE NOT CLOSE ENOUGH.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. >> GET CLOSER.
GET CLOSER.
GET CLOSER. BECAUSE PEOPLE TAKE PICTURES OF
EVERYTHING AND THEY WANT TO
JUST YOU.
JUST YOU.
JUST YOU. THEY WANT TO SEE YOUR FACE.
SO IF YOUR PICTURES AREN'T GOOD
ENOUGH, YOU'RE NOT CLOSE
ENOUGH.
ENOUGH.
ENOUGH. >> IT SEEMS LIKE THAT PICTURE OF
REESE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU DON'T
HAVE EVERYBODY LOOKING AT THE
CAMERA.
CAMERA.
CAMERA. THEY ARE NOT LOOKING IN THE
SAME DIRECTION.
SAME DIRECTION. >> NO.
>> NO.
>> NO. >>
>> NO. >> NONE OF THAT IS GOING ON.
>> THIS IS THE WORST.
THIS IS THAT WAS.
WHEN PEOPLE HAVE SOMETHING
HAPPENING AND THEY'RE LIKE TO
GET TOGETHER.
GET TOGETHER. >> RIGHT, AND SMILED.
LOOK THIS WAY.
>> THEY PUT THEIR HEADS
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. BUT I DO THAT.
I ALSO STICK MY ELBOW OUT LIKE
IT IS A SHANTY TUNE IN.
JUST TAKE A PICTURE OF THE
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. OR HEARS THE OTHER SECRET.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. >> DO YOU SAY, GET TOGETHER.
AND YOU TAKE THE ONE PICTURE
THEY EXPECT.
THEY EXPECT. AND THEN YOU SAY SOMETHING
FUNNY AND EVERYONE LAUGHS AND
FORGET PLUS ABOUT A. THAT IS
THE PICTURE.
THE PICTURE. >> I LOVE THAT.
>> KEEP TAKING PICTURES.
>> I'M GOING TO GET BETTER.
>> IT IS DIGITAL AND DOESN'T
COST ANYTHING.
COST ANYTHING. >> ESPECIALLY IN THE OLD DAYS,
WHERE IT WAS FILM.
>> IT USED TO BE EXPENSIVE.
>> PHOTOGRAPHY IS VERY SIMPLE
NOW, FOR ALL OF US.
WE JUST NEED TO GET BETTER AT
IT.
IT.
IT. THANK
IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.