The SMASHBOX FILES

A new book shines a spotlight on Davis Factor, the photographer who helped to define glamour in the 1990s

- JARED PAUL STERN

In 1990, Davis and Dean Factor, the great-grandsons of Hollywood cosmetics legend Max Factor, founded Smashbox Studios in Los Angeles. The brothers—Davis, a photographer, and Dean, a businessman—would soon help to define the glamour of the era, which ushered in the age of the supermodel and so much more, with the Smashbox brand. Now for the very first time, more than three decades of portraits taken by Davis at Smashbox Studios in L.A.—including Cindy Crawford, Tatjana Patitz, Willem Dafoe, Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Idris Elba, and Angelina Jolie—have been collected in coffee-table book form. Make Sh#!t Happen is the cheeky title of the stylish book from Rizzoli which is sure to gain a place in every style lover’s library.