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03.Matt Gunther
Here's a good story.

One of my first jobs was to photograph Helmut. I was commissioned to shoot him at his suite in the Chateau Marmont. Of course I was nervous. Not only was it early in my career, but I heard that he could act like a real fascist. During the shoot, things moved along; he was neither mean nor inviting.

When I finished and was saying my goodbyes, he shook my hand and said, "I want to see the contact sheets before you give them to the magazine. If you don't show them to me, you will never work for the good magazines again."

I thanked him but had no intention of showing him the photos. I was being a punk; I didn't think it was his right. The next day I developed the film, gave the pictures to the magazine and sweated for a few days until they were published.

I heard, through the grapevine, that he approved.
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