Hollywood: Confidential

With unflinching images of the biggest names in 1990s and 2000s showbiz, Hollywood: Confidential is an essential portrait of celebrity culture from behind the scenes. Actress Minnie Driver posted images from Hollywood Confidential - Instagram The Time''s posted images from Hollywood Confidential - Instagram Featured in the Italian newsletter - Corriere della Sera "...Behind the scenes of the world of celebrities." - Elle Slovenia Featured on the Harper''s Bazaar France Instagram page - Harpers Bizarre France "One of my prized photos is one that Jones took of Madonna with Mick Jagger and Tony Curtis seated on either side of her. Curtis is leaning heavily into the singer. It’s the intimacy of it that amuses me, plus Jagger’s face is, well, a picture. A copy adorns a wall in my basement home office." -Baz Bamigboye - Deadline """My personal favourite was a shot taken by Dafydd Jones, of shoe boxes stacked on top of each other, custom-made for celebrities.""""Perfect for fans of old Hollywood and a bygone era of film stars, the newest exhibition at the illustrious 45 Park Lane hotel is well worth a visit.""" - Hello Magazine "Photographer Dafydd Jones’s insider snapshots go beyond the red carpets and golden statuettes." - Vanity Fair """Once described by Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter as the ‘sniper’s sniper – the best of the best’, Jones’ ability to capture the decisive moment made him one of the most sought-after magazine photographers of the day. And these images, taken between 1989 and 2009 (but mostly in the 1990s), provide a candid glimpse of how the other half live.”“But this is not a collection of paparazzi shots – Jones’ images are of more than just famous faces; they tell a story.”" - Black + White Photography Magazine : "Jones had unprecedented access to the A-list as they partied hard on the starriest in Hollywood. The Vanity Fair Oscar party fast became the hottest ticket in town — one unnamed status seeker reportedly offered $30,000 for an invite — and Jones returned throughout the Nineties to capture the magic." - The TImes """Dafydd Jones captures the essence of celebrities at their peak. Now, he’s bringing together his candid images of Hollywood’s most-scrutinized stars in a new book, “Hollywood Confidential,” filled with archival footage and anecdotes.""""Turning the pages of this encyclopedia of golden parties, a nostalgia emanates from the clichés and plunges us into the evening of the stars at the Oscars...""""These rare shots that have many stories to tell.""" - Harper''s Bizarre France """...thanks to his documentarian approach and “unintrusive” camera — many of his pictures have a natural, unguarded feel.""""The photographer’s book captures moments of unadulterated delight.""" - CNN """""In the photo book Hollywood Confidential, Dafydd Jones captures the festive essence of award season.""""With his new collection of photographs, Dafydd Jones offers a sensational dive into the excitement of the awards season in the 1990s.""" - Vanity Fair France "These images, taken before the turn of the century, give us a snapshot into the rise of America’s future movers and shakers, when mobile phones were in their infancy, Facebook had yet to be created, and the hit TV series Succession hadn’t even occurred to a twenty-something Jesse Armstrong." - The Independant "Hollywood: Confidential is the latest collection of beautifully timed photos from bestselling society photographer Dafydd Jones." - Hollywood Forgotten Podcast """...Hollywood: Confidential from ACC Art Books brings together the impressive work of Dafydd Jones, a photographer with enviable access to major events, who has captured the most iconic appearances on the red carpet and at the golden parties of the most famous awards ceremonies in cinema.""""... a rare collection of candid moments that reveal the deepest aspects of the personalities of the world''s most famous people.""" - Vogue Greece "An ode to Hollywood—the true Hollywood. The lavish, secret, forgotten one. This is Hollywood Confidential, a coffee-table book made of “little moments” or “pieces of time,” as James Stewart used to call them, shot through the unique eye of Dafydd Jones." - Vingt Sept """If you want to get a feel for Hollywood glamour, there’s no better place to turn than the lens of Dafydd Jones.""""During the 1990s and 2000s, he was at all the movie scene’s parties and high-society functions, and captured the era’s biggest names in an immediate, intimate and impudent way – this is not an airbrushed catalogue of fame...The result is something extremely rare – photographs that give us a suggestion of the true personality behind the some of the world’s biggest and best-known celebrities."" ""If you’re interested in celebrity culture, black & white, and of course any of the other work of Dafydd Jones, this comes highly recommended.""" - Amateur Photographer

Hollywood: Confidential is the latest collection of beautifully timed photos from bestselling society photographer Dafydd Jones. Formerly of Tatler and Vanity Fair, Jones is a serial capturer of intimate moments during high-society functions. As famous Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter puts it, when it comes to party photographers, ‘Dafydd Jones is the sniper’s sniper – the best of the best.’

On numerous occasions in the 1990s and 2000s, Jones turned his lens to the faces of Hollywood with all his usual impudence, as they mingled and danced at private events in the Hollywood Hills, Oscar-night parties and awards ceremonies. The result is a rare thing – photographs that convey the underlying personalities of the world’s most public personas.

Following on from England: The Last Hurrah and New York: High Life / Low Life, this is an essential portrait of celebrity culture from behind the scenes, featuring the likes of Anna Nicole Smith, Tom Cruise, Prince, Winona Ryder, Tony Curtis, Oprah, Nicholas Cage and more.

Praise for Dafydd Jones:

"Dafydd catches those moments of genuine exhilaration, wealth and youth." – The Hollywood Reporter

"Mr. Jones goes about his business with cheery zest and a wicked eye." – New York Times

"Some carefully tended public images are punctured with such rapier precision that one can hear the hiss as they deflate." – Mitchell Owens, The World of Interiors

"Sublime vintage photographs…"– Hermione Eyre, the Telegraph

"Modest though he is, Dafydd’s photographs will endure for having perfectly captured a society on the brink of decline." – Country & Townhouse podcast

"The New York book is an evocative historical document, brimming with nostalgia and menace." – Hannah Marriott, The Guardian

"The best party photographers, and their numbers are few, are like snipers… Dafydd Jones is the sniper’s sniper – the best of the best." Graydon Carter, foreword from New York: High Life / Low Life

"Dafydd’s brilliant evocation of a time and a class only seem more potent today, when we know that so many of the moneyed twits in his ’80s portfolio ended up running the country, as they always have" – Tina Brown, The New Yorker

• | Author: Dafydd Jones
• | Publisher: ACC Art Books
• | Publication Date: Jan 10, 2025
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9781788842884
• | ISBN-10: 178884288X