Incollect Magazine - Issue 11

74 www.incollect.com Jade Albert Jade Albert Studio, Inc. Though well known as a commercial photographer of children, Jade Albert cut her teeth as a photojournalist and photographer during the days of disco. She covered the opening of Studio 54 in 1977 and the social scene that surrounded it. Her matter-of-fact documentary pictures capture members of high society, celebrities, and the cream of the art and fashion worlds. "I was caught up in the excitement and photographed it in black and white. It was my way of memorializing an electric moment that once symbolized New York,” the artist says. Albert had a career as a fashion and social photographer, working for Vogue, The New York Times, Town & Country and Interview. “Being on the masthead of Interview meant the most to me, and the thrill of capturing its creator, Andy Warhol, with my cameras became something of an obsession for me, not only because of who he was, but because of the milieu he was a part of,” she says. “The people I encountered allowed me to create many magical moments.” Among her best-known photographs are wild parties at Studio 54; a young, glamorous Giorgio Armani after a fashion show at Saks Fifth Avenue in 1979; a shot of Catherine Deneuve smoking a cigarette at a dinner at Regine’s, 1977; and numerous images of Andy Warhol, including one with 70s “it girl” Barbara Allen at the 1977 Metropolitan Museum of Art Gala and another with a young and beautiful Candice Bergen, the pair dining together at the Metropolitan Club in 1976. Andy Warhol and Candice Bergen dining at the Metropolitan Club, 1976. The crowd at Studio 54, Martin Snaric dancing, 1977.