Graham Boynton

Wild: The Life of Peter Beard: Photographer, Adventurer, Lover -- Graham Boynton, Hardcover

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Graham Boynton's Wild is the definitive biography of photographer Peter Beard, a larger-than-life icon who pushed the boundaries of art and scandalized international high society with his high-profile affairs.

He was the original 20th century "enfant terrible" with the looks of a Greek god who blazed like a comet across the worlds of art, photography, and fame. The scion of several old WASP fortunes, he was by instinct an adventurer, and the more dangerous the escapade, the better: whether he was hunting big game in Africa, ingesting epic quantities of drugs, or pursuing the most beautiful women in the world. Among his friends were Jackie Onassis, Andy Warhol, and Francis Bacon. When Peter Beard died in 2020 after mysteriously disappearing from his Montauk home, he remained an enigma to even his closest friends.

Journalist and author Graham Boynton was a friend for more than 30 years, spending time with Beard at his bush camp in Africa, in London, and at his Long Island home. From hundreds of Boynton's interviews with Beard's closest friends, former lovers, and fellow artists comes this intimate portrait of a man Sir Mick Jagger called "a visionary."

Author: Graham Boynton
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 10/11/2022
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.43h x 6.40w x 1.18d
ISBN: 9781250274991

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2022
Library Journal 10/01/2022 pg. 140
Booklist 10/01/2022 pg. 10

Product Tags:

Adventurers & Explorers, Artists/ Architects/ Photographers, Biography & Autobiography, Graham Boynton, Hardcover, Photographers - United States, Rich & Famous, St. Martin's Press

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