loren haynes

In early 1993, L.A.-based photographer Loren Haynes (and his Mamiya RZ 67 camera) checked into New York City’s Paramount Hotel, the same one as Lemonheads frontman Evan Dando, hoping to bond with the musician before their cover shoot the next day. “I always try to arrange private time with the artist, get to know them, on a personal level, let them know how I work, listen to any trepidations they may generally have about being photographed,” Haynes explains. “Looking back now, Bob [Guccione, Jr.] often seemed to assign me these covert shoots, where he wanted to have the images be titillating, controversial, indecorous. This was one of those.” The subjects were Dando and actor/model Adrienne Shelly. She, already a well-established muse and certifiable indie-film darling. He, about halfway b...