The pandemonium of objects that Hunter S. Thompson left behind in his home at Owl Farm, is part of his legacy and his story. While working for him, he decided that he wanted me to photograph the house from tip to tail so that there would always be record of the way he “controlled his environment” at home.

This photography shows the ramble of his living room. Uncanny dolls of George Bush mingled with Tom Benton’s famous poster calling Hunter S. Thompson for Sheriff in 1970 is pinned to the wall next to other political pieces, letters and photographs. His pussy takes center stage.

11x14 $250
20x24 $495
24x30 $850
30x40 $1250
40x50 $2000

Chloe Sells was born in Aspen, Colorado in 1976. From the beginning of her life, she traveled extensively throughout the world. She began photographing in 1993. Since then she has lived and worked in Nepal, Italy, Thailand and Botswana. Chloe photographs people, vistas, cultural signage and landscapes, which become visual fragments of the way that people live.  Her photographs create still narratives that chronicle her personal journeys and develop cultural dialogues. Through fragmentation in composition and irregular juxta-positions, her stories become unique to her experiences in the places that she travels.

Chloe attended the Rhode Island School of Design, from which she graduated in 2000 and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in photography with honors. For two years thereafter, she worked at Anderson Ranch in Aspen, Colorado with Terri Weifenbach, John Gossage, Donald Sultan and Ann Lauterbach. She was personal assistant to Hunter S. Thompson for two years preceding his death. Chloe currently lives between Los Angeles and Maun, Botswana where she is working on a photographic body of work on Botswana beauty pageants.

chloesells@hotmail.com