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25 YEARS PAPER CITY. The GIFT Of EXOTICISM And ECCENTRICITY giving. HOUSTON | DECEMBER 2018 C1hstd1218.indd 1 11/16/18 2:41 PM THEY LET US IN THEIR HOMES? WE WERE THE FIRST PUBLICATION TO SHOOT THE RESTORED INTERIORS OF JOHN AND DOMINIQUE DE MENIL'S HOME, THE FIRST RESIDENTIAL PROJECT DESIGNED BY PHILIP JOHNSON AND COUTURIER CHARLES JAMES' ONLY INTERIOR DESIGN COMMISSION. WE PHOTOGRAPHED THE LAST REMAINING INTACT INTERIOR BY THE LATE BILLY FRANCIS; AND THE ABANDONED-FOR-20-YEARS RICE HOTEL, JUST BEFORE THE RENOVATION INTO LOFTS, AND TRAVERSED THE DARK STAIRS TO THE ROOM WHERE JACKIE AND PRESIDENT KENNEDY RESTED ON A FATEFUL NOVEMBER 21, 1963. WE PHOTOGRAPHED ARTIST CHRISTIAN ECKART'S ART-FILLED WAREHOUSE LOFT; MR. CHOW'S BEVERLY HILLS HOME AND STUDIO; MARY AND ROY CULLEN'S AMAZING CZECH ART COLLECTION; THE LATE SCULPTOR JESÚS MOROLES AT HIS ROCKPORT COMPLEX; AND THE LATE BERT LONG JR. AND HIS SHOTGUN HOME AND STUDIO. WE SHOT IN 2001 AT THE MENIL COLLECTION WITH ANDY WARHOL'S BRILLO BOXES — THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN TODAY. WE SHOT DAWNRIDGE IN BEVERLY HILLS, THE LATE TONY DUQUETTE'S HOME RESTORED BY HUTTON WILKINSON; RICKY AND SANDRA DI PORTANOVA'S '80S SWANKIENDA ON RIVER OAKS BOULEVARD, JUST BEFORE IT HIT THE MARKET. WE SHOT IN THE REMAINS OF JUDGE ROY HOFHEINZ'S CELESTIAL SUITE IN THE PENTHOUSE OF THE ASTROWORLD HOTEL, A TIME CAPSULE REMARKABLY INTACT NEARLY 50 YEARS AFTER ITS OPENING. Top, from left: Shot in Mexico City, December 2018, photo Iván Aguirre. Aliens on holiday, June 2019, photo Iván Aguirre. Love an alien in Dries Van Noten, June 2019, photo Iván Aguirre. From left: Shot at the extraordinary Sheats-Goldstein Residence, designed by John Lautner in 1963, L.A., June 2018, photo Enmi Yang. Like a Kara Walker painting, shot at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, April 2018, photo Iván Aguirre. A design moment, December 2018, photo Iván Aguirre. PAPER CITY HOUSTON | JUNE 2019 thE TourisTs. www.papercitymag.com HOUSTON J U N E 2019 FC_hstd0619.indd 1 5/17/19 10:00 AM (continued)