A Lifetime of Extraordinary Encounters, Preserved.
Fifty years of images from Acapulco to Hong Kong, Palm Beach to Palm Springs. Collected, preserved, and offered for the first time.
“I kind of made a record of an age.”
-Orator Woodward
Explore the Archive
Acapulco, Mexico, c.1966
Archival pigment print, printed 2025 · Edition of 25
Printed from the photographer’s original negative.
Photographed while on holiday in Acapulco with the likes of Hugh Hefner and George Hamilton. Women stand around the pool’s iconic white pillars and enjoy the temperate climate.
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Cadaqués, Spain, c.1968
Archival pigment print, printed 2025 · Edition of 25
Printed from the photographer’s original negative.
Salvador Dalí photographed at his home in Cadaqués during one of Woodward’s visits to the Spanish coastal town where the artist spent much of his life. The photograph offers a glimpse into Dalí’s private environment beyond the public stage of Surrealism. Photos were for personal purposes and not shared with any publications. Orator and Dalí spent a few weeks making art together after they met on the party scene in New York City.
Released by the Orator Woodward Archive
We accept all major credit cards and PayPal. All sales are final. Each print is produced to order on archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag paper and accompanied by a signed certificate of authenticity. Please allow two weeks for unframed prints.
Negative reference: OW-1968-0123
New York, NY, c.1966
Archival pigment print, printed 2025 · Edition of 25
Printed from the photographer’s original negative.
Françoise Hardy photographed early in her career. Woodward encountered Hardy through shared creative circles during the 1960s, capturing an intimate portrait at a moment when the singer was emerging as an international cultural figure. Photos were shared with Vogue.
Released by the Orator Woodward Archive
We accept all major credit cards and PayPal. All sales are final. Each print is produced to order on archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag paper and accompanied by a signed certificate of authenticity. Please allow two weeks for unframed prints.
Negative reference: OW-1966-3224
Our Story
In 2021, Serena, Orator’s daughter, began going through her father’s photographic archive: boxes of negatives, contact sheets, and slides that had been sitting untouched for 50+ years in the attic of their home in upstate New York.
The goal, at first, was straightforward: understand what was there, get it organized, and start putting names, dates, and context to the images while she could sit with the person who made them. Her father was very much part of this process. Being able to ask him questions, to hear the stories firsthand, has shaped the way she’s approaching everything.
Read more on Substack.
In his words
"Serena has created value out of what would have just disappeared somewhere. It's a record of an age that changed. A photo preserves that moment. And the entire collection preserves that moment itself. I kind of made a record of an age that would have otherwise been lost."
