Carinthia west biography of michael
Friends, not f-stops: an interview with Carinthia West...
Carinthia West
Carinthia West (b.1951) is a model, actress, photographer, writer and a muse to rock icons. Growing up in the presence of some of the most iconic names in music, film and society, West has always kept a camera by her side, capturing intimate moments of star-studded names who crossed her path.
Carinthia west biography of michael
As ‘Muse’ Magazine wrote, Carinthia was “a free spirit, blissfully unaware that she was candidly recording icons and iconic moments of the times’. Or as Ronnie Wood puts it “Carinthia took photos while we were getting on with life...”.
At sixteen, West was discovered standing at a bus stop on the King’s Road by Beatles photographer Robert Whitaker.
Whitaker, who shared a flat with Eric Clapton, opened the door to a world filled with sixties icons such as Jimi Hendrix, Marianne Faithfull, and Anita Pallenberg. In 1976 West was chosen by Eric Idle to act in his comedy series ‘Rutland Weekend Television’, and the cult