Edie Factory Girl

Just received my amazing book and I am breathless. This book reveals the "real" accounts of a misbegotten muse and the impressions she left in her wake. It is refreshing to read the revealing interviews and witness her in candid moments...ie: getting her makeup ready. Nat Finkelstein's photos expose her fragile delicate beauty, letting the viewer see her childlike mannerisms and vacant stares. She seems to crave that camera. Edie Factory girl also depicts the "car crash" attraction outsiders had to follow her rise and then destructive demise. I love this aspect most of the book- I am a fan of Edie- in the same way that one adores Marilyn Monroe, and would rather read real life confessions -( * LIKE the ones found in this book) and accounts of her from friends and acquaintances, then a one sided fluff piece, where people say..."Look Edie was pretty, huh?" She was like a tragic butterfly- and this book paints the whole picture of her short stay on the planet. Most of these new photos are taken of rare casual moments...worth every penny! Great gift for the holidays.

I don't know why there are a bunch of odd folks trying to convince people not to buy this book. They must have there own agenda. I am a long time Edie fan, and have several books about her, and this is by far the best photo book of her. Billy Name was there and I would think he would know what he's talking about when he approves of this book. It's beautiful...

A friend got me this book as a gift. It is filled with very authentic and stylish photographs. The writing is frank and honest - and I'm sure for that fact alone, certain fans will be uncomfortable with this gritty portrait of Edie Sedgewick. Still, the images and text seem to capture a loss of innocence. The sense of psychadelic drug-enduced desperation is visceral - almost reminiscent of MIDNIGHT COWBOY. I have seen Nat Finkelstein's other books and would say that this is some of his best work. I'm not usually a fan of the coffee table genre, but this sizeable tome would do any Charles Eames bench proud.

it's difficult to assess in a literary manner a book about edie sedgwick, because like her life, all works about her come through as fragmented/torn in pieces/collage-type depictions. it's only because edie's life really was like such. i had the book for a week before i started to read it and associate the text with images. i think david dalton did an admirable job of capturing the nature of edie's lightning flash through life, in and out of warhol and dylan, icons of the era, because it was like that, david was a witness, as were the commentators in the book, including myself. the book layout is helter-skelter, and so was edie's life. love it or leave it, the book is a faithful impression. it's not for criticism, it's to have for a midnight snack before being unable to sleep. all in all i can say if you want a real taste of edie sedgewick in the mid-sixties, this is it. billy name.

This may be the book of the future: brilliant text, stunning photos,amazing layout- like a Warhol original with all the boring parts left out. David Dalton makes the Factory come alive in all its speed freak fury- A book as a drug.