William Bast

Forever James Dean

Ara Chekmayan

Bob Gunton, William Bast

The life and times of one of Hollywood's brightest stars.

East of Eden: Art in Search of Life

Susan Schillinglaw, Thomas Steinbeck

James Dean: Little Prince, Little Bastard

André Schäfer, Werner Köhne

William Bast, James Dean

The collar of his coat turned up in New York: Images which have collaborated on building a myth – the image of eternal and misunderstood youth. Unlike Marlon Brando, the proletarian rebel with identifiable goals, James Dean was the timeless and androgynous youthful rebel. His death on the Interstate 46 leads us back to 1950s America, a time when youth was re-interpreted all anew.