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This is probably my favorite picture of Gia. It was the first one I found in the private stash of photos and diaries her mother still hadn't removed from her bedroom several years after her death. I met Gia's mother Kathy in 1988, after she called in to a local TV talk show doing a program on AIDS. The host got me in touch with her, and, with her help, I first wrote about Gia in Philadelphia magazine in 1988. | ||
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This is the AIDS quilt made for Gia. A woman in Boston named Donna Wood called me after reading the book and asked if anyone had done a quilt. None had, so she and her group did it themselves. The photo is from a book on fashion-industry AIDS quilts called "Always Remember." | ||
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Gia proudly displaying her cover spread of Cosmopolitan. | ||
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Philadelphia Magazine cover spread, January 1980. | ||
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Gia and her pet tiger. | ||
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February 1993 Vanity Fair book excerpt from Thing of Beauty | ||
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May 1993 Italian Elle story on Thing of Beauty featuring Avedon Versace ad | ||
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November 1988 Philadelphia magazine story on Gia, with her Polaroid self-portrait |
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Collage from 1988 Philadelphia story, including Gia's original modeling book, photos from the collections of friends and family, and several copyrighted images: do not reproduce | ||
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Between sessions at an Italian photo shoot, 1978 | ||
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A painting of Gia by famed fashion illustrator Joe Eula, from the photo insert of Thing of Beauty | ||
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Promotional photo from Thing of Beauty, featuring the full-frame image of Lance Staedler's black leather jacket shot. | ||
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A Vogue editorial shot by Dennis Piel | ||
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Gia as she appeared on the cover of Vogue Magazine. | ||
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Gia's mug shot from her first arrest. | ||
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One of Gia's many Armani ads | ||
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This is the very first attempt at a cover for Thing of Beauty, incorporating the haunting Albert Watson photo of Gia which I had hanging over my desk while writing. But Watson wouldn't let my publisher use the picture on the cover, so this visual concept was tried with a candid shot of Gia (which became the UK cover) and then a whole new cover was designed with Lance Staedler's shot. | ||
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This is the first page of a Philadelphia Daily News serialization of Thing of Beauty, interesting because of the previously unseen Harry King candid of Gia in a pool. | ||
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