The Darkness and the Light in Photographer Sante D’Orazio

When Keith Richards arrived for a photoshoot with Sante D'Orazio, sliced open a bag of cocaine with a six-inch blade and offered some to the photographer, how was D’Orazio to refuse? Working with rock stars, fashion models and movie stars, his attitude has always been “if you do it, I’ll do it,” he tells Observer. The same was true when it came to smoking marijuana in Harrison Ford’s trailer or meeting Mickey Rourke at five in the morning for a spontaneous shoot. He was never one to turn down a good subject or a good time.