Chateau Marmont

The Chateau Marmont is without a doubt the most glamorous hotel in Los Angeles. It is also a legendary place for photography, ever since Helmut Newton began to spend his summers there. For his latest book, Asleep at the Chateau, Austrian photographer and Purple contributor Jork Weismann shot portraits of this elite clientele while they slept. Naturally, none of these celebrities actually let him sneak into their rooms at night — they all faked slumber for the sake of the artist’s concept. The result is a series of paradoxical portraits in which the subjects retain control of their image at the very moment when narcissism normally dissolves in sleep. photography by JORK WEISMANN text by JEFF RIAN   Located at the intersection of Marmont Lane and Sunset Boulevard, the building of the fabled Los Angeles hotel was originally designed to be an earthquake-proof luxury apartment house. But when the stock…