Amanda Demme on Photographing Bill Cosby’s Accusers for New York Magazine

Amanda Demme on Photographing Bill Cosby’s Accusers for New York Magazine | PDNPulse

A photo posted by Amanda Demme (@amandademme) on Jul 26, 2015 at 8:51pm PDT When New York magazine posted a blockbuster story in the early hours of Monday, July 27, to its website, many of the names involved were familiar: Bill Cosby, the iconic entertain

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She shot some in pairs, and several group portraits. The shoots could be intense, with lots of laughing, crying and hugging, but Demme says having several women at each shoot helped put the women at ease, that “as each woman saw the next woman doing it, they knew how to handle themselves.” She also shot video interviews, and encouraged the women to support and converse with each other.