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Andy Warhol was the original social media influencer. Here’s why

Andy Warhol was the original social media influencer. Here’s why

The pop art star obsessively photographed his everyday life decades before it became de rigueur. A new exhibition in Adelaide focuses on those photos.

Michael BaileyRich List co-editor

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Andy Warhol might be best known as the pop art painter of Campbell’s soup tins and Marilyn Monroe, but his friends remember him as a photographer.

“Andy would carry around this Polaroid camera called the Big Shot. I remember him having to physically move back and forth to get it into focus, but he’d be taking pictures with it all the time,” says Vincent Fremont, a former studio manager at Warhol’s famed Factory complex in downtown New York, who worked closely with the artist from the early 1970s until his death in 1987.

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Michael BaileyRich List co-editorMichael Bailey writes on entrepreneurship and the arts. He is also responsible for the Financial Review's Rich Lists. He is based in Sydney. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at m.bailey@afr.com

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