Britney Spears and Billie Eilish Portraits Being Auctioned Off at Boys & Girls Club of Hollywood Benefit

Marc Malkin

15 October 2024 at 10:10 am·2-min read

Britney Spears, Billie Eilish and Snoop Dogg are just some of the musicians featured in photography portraits that are being auctioned off as part of Milk Studios’ PHOTO24.

Proceeds from the ninth annual benefit Boys & Girls Club of Hollywood.

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Bids are currently open at artsy.net with a VIP viewing set for Oct. 17 at Milk Studios LA in Los Angeles.

The Spears photo, a black-and-white print, was taken in 1999 by Timothy White.

Other black-and-white images include one of Cher by former “Saturday Night Live” on-set photographer Karen Kuehn and Grace Jones by Greg Gorman.

John Jay’s portrait of Eilish, titled “Languor,” features the singer sitting on a couch and staring into the camera. A photo of Naomi Campbell by Pamela Hanson was originally shot for French Vogue in 1990.

In a photo by Philippe McClelland, Snoop Dogg is seen through a torn American flag. A photo of David Bowie was snapped by Brad Elterman in 1975 outside Cherokee Studios after an all-night recording session in Los Angeles.

I Was A Teenage Paparazzo 1975
I wanted to take David Bowie's photo in the worst way. I had called his publicist asking for a photo pass, but I was turned down. No one knew me at the time and Bowie had a couple of photographers who did most of his coverage, but this was not going to stop me.
I had a tip that he was having a late night recording session at Cherokee Recording Studios on Fairfax Blvd in Hollywood. The tip came from a very reliable source; so, I cut school, got there really early in the morning, and waited for Bowie to emerge. 6am Bowie walked out and the early morning light was magic. All he said to me was “Good Morning.” Since no one was really doing paparazzi-style photography back then both Bowie and his producer, Paul Buckmaster, thought my approach was incredibly hysterical. Word got out to all of the publicists in town that I was bold enough to perform this sort of ambush, but since I was a teenage kid, they all found it amusing. Creem ran the photograph as a full page in their "Stars And Their Cars" section. — David Bowie by Brad Elterman.

Also on the block are a 1995 Douglas Kirkland portrait of Aubrey Plaza and a Mike Miller photo of Tupac Shakur taken in front of a Los Angeles mural in 1994.

A photo of Anthony Bourdain taken in 2016 by Chris McPherson shows the late travel show host enjoying a sandwich.

Other bold-faced names featured in the auction include Noah Gallagher, Kobe Bryant, William H. Macy, Post Malone and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

For more than 85 years, Boys & Girls Club of Hollywood has served under-resourced youth in Hollywood and its surrounding communities.

Past recipients of proceeds include STORIES: The Foundation for the AIDS Monument and Project Angel Food.

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