Here is another excerpt from Buzz Fotos’ Brad Elterman’s new coffee table book, “Like It Was Yesterday”, which will be released this fall by Seventy Seven Press LLC.

Duran at the Riot House

1981: I was a really big Duran Duran fan. Everything about the band was so cool. I read about them in the European press and of course, I had heard their records all over the radio. A couple of days before their debut showcase at the Roxy, I called up their road manager at the Hyatt House (we used to call it the Riot House) and asked for a photo session. I could have told him I was shooting for Music Life and Rock Show, which were amazing magazines in Japan regularly publishing my work. The band had nothing better to do, so it was arranged and I met them at the hotel pool.

They did not have a clue about getting around in Los Angeles; so, I piled them into my old Mercedes and gave them a tour of the Sunset Strip. The photo session was amazing and John Taylor made sure that I was on the guest list for the gig that evening. The following year, Andy Taylor got married at the Chateau Marmont Hotel and I just kind of showed up with some friends and joined the bash. Camera in hand, of course.

Photo by Brad Elterman/BuzzFoto.com

It seems like yesterday that we posed up Duran Duran in 1978 on the Sunset Strip. The photo session lives on and so does BuzzFoto. A word of advise for aspiring photographers/paparazzi… work hard, study your craft and look for the true talent who have staying power. Remember, these photos have the potential to sell forever!