A Timothy White Exhibition Worth 41,000 Words

Celebrity photographer finally gets a show at his gallery's Los Angeles location.

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In 1996, Robin Williams starred in the film The Birdcage. That same year, William Safire wrote in The New York Times about the murky origins of the popular saying, ‘A picture is worth a thousand words.’

The saying was on our mind Thursday night as we chatted with celebrity photographer Timothy White, whose memorable photo above of Williams, a PR/marketing shot for The Birdcage snapped in New York but never released, and portraits of other famous folks are on display at the Morrison Hotel Gallery in Los Angeles, located in the lobby of the Sunset Marquis hotel.

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