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The Anomalous Baird Jones (1955–2008)

Few people personify the free-wheeling, polymorphous spirit of fin-de-siècle downtown New York as well as the idiosyncratic curator, club party promoter, photographer, author, and celebrity gossip Baird Jones.

Downtown Magazine, Power To The People: Scrapbook For 1986, Issue No. 35, January 21, 1987

$125

Downtown Magazine #35, January 21, 1987. With cover story, “POWER TO THE PEOPLE: Scrapbook For 1986—The People Who Are Making Downtown Happen.”

Baird Jones’s 1986 photo diary fills five central pages with the likes of Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, Philip Glass, John Sex, Red Spot, Rudolf, Futura, Karen Finley, and many rarely photographed downtown club and gallery proprietors. Two essays by Jones, reflecting on the year’s art and nightlife, accompany.