Set Photographs from Paul Schrader's Hardcore (1979)
HARDCORE is a photojournal by Eric Kroll documenting the production of Paul Schrader's 1979 film of the same name. The book draws on photographs made on set during the shoot, recording the working environment, crew, and atmosphere of a late-1970s American film production rooted in the adult industry. It is published by Timeless Edition (France) as a 224-page hardcover with dust jacket, issued July 2025.
About the Book
Beyond the set photographs themselves, the book incorporates Kroll's own commentary on the production, offering a first-person account of the conditions and context in which the images were made. An interview with adult film actress Serena extends the documentary scope beyond the film's primary cast and crew.
Paul Schrader contributes two written pieces: a foreword written for this publication and a 1978 text originally prepared for an unrealized publishing project connected to the film. Together, these texts situate the photographs within the film's development and place the production in the broader context of American cinema at the end of the 1970s.
For readers interested in the intersection of film production history and documentary photography, the book sits alongside other titles in the Film Books & Film Culture collection at Lokator100.
Publisher
Timeless Edition is a French publisher with a focus on photography and film culture. The imprint produces carefully produced hardcover editions that bring archival and documentary photographic material into book form.
Condition & Copy
This is a new copy. The product photographs show the actual copy offered. Lokator100 documents each item individually; 14 product images are available for this listing.
Dispatch
Dispatched from Germany, next business day after payment. Tracked shipment. Careful packaging as standard.
Eric Kroll and Paul Schrader
Eric Kroll (born 1946) is an American photojournalist and photographer whose practice spans documentary work, erotica, and fetish photography. He has also worked as an editor of photographic books. His approach moves between observational and staged image-making, with a consistent attention to subculture and marginal social spaces.
Paul Schrader (born 1946) is an American screenwriter and director, known for writing Taxi Driver (1976) and for directing Hardcore (1979), among other films. In this book, Schrader contributes framing texts that place the photographs back into the film's production context: a foreword and a 1978 piece originally written for an unrealized publishing project connected to the film.
