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Photographer: Roy Schatt - James Dean 1954.

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Photographer: Roy Schatt - James Dean 1954.
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From the torn sweater series. Photographer: Roy Schatt. James Dean, 14x10 inches. printed later. Copyright stamped by Roy Schatt on verso. Mounted, framed. Supplied with coa from Elaine Schatt.


About the session: Photographed by Roy Schatt for Life Magazine in 1954. Roy Schatt had unexpectedly met Dean through a mutual friend, Arlene Sax, who wanted Schatt to meet and photograph Dean. After Dean broke the tension of the meeting by performing a dance from a recent play, the two became friends and Schatt agreed to teach Dean photography.

Roy Schatt said 'He slouched, was unkempt and squinty. After a moment, he reached for my offered hand, grunted in response to my welcome and ambled to a seat at the far end of the couch. As he sat with his palms pressed between his knees, he seemed to shrivel. Like this, Dean said as he jumped up and performed the dance. It transformed him. The small lump on the couch rose to become a thing of beauty. I couldn't get over how his unpleasant, pinched face gave way to handsome radiance.

From February 1954 to September of 1955, the two struck up a “teacher and student” relationship, documenting Dean’s activities throughout the year whilst Dean shot his own pictures under the tutelage of Schatt. The “Torn Sweater’ series, was a result of that short-term but potent friendship.