JULIE SKARRATT /
“My very first
event was the Save Venice ball at the Rainbow Room in 1996 for Town & Country magazine. I went fully dressed in a ball gown and wig, and I walked up to Mrs. Brooke Astor and asked if I could take her photo. I was so nervous that I could hardly hold my camera, but she just smiled and nodded her head. That said, while I never met a philanthropist I didn’t want to photograph, I have met a few that didn’t want to be shot. There are some that love nothing more than to stand and pose for the camera in their latest gowns while others are more elusive and I need to be quick and invisible to capture a picture.
J U L I E S K A R R AT T
Mrs. Annette de la Renta is probably the shyest socialite I know—always so elegant and beautifully dressed. She avoids the camera, so the best way to get a shot is when she is talking to a friend.”