David McCabe

David Edward McCabe (14 November 194026 February 2021) was a British fashion photographer. He was noted for photographing Andy Warhol throughout 1964.

Early life McCabe was born in Leicester, England, on 14 November 1940. His father, Leslie, fought during World War II in the Battle of El Alamein; his mother, Phyllis (Hancock), was a housewife. He studied graphic design and photography at the Leicester Colleges of Art and Technology.

Career McCabe moved to New York City in 1960. There, he worked first as an assistant and studied under Alexey Brodovitch, Henry Wolf, and Melvin Sokolsky. after informally interviewing him at The Factory. McCabe later admitted in 2011 that he "didn’t even know who Andy Warhol was" at the time. This is because neither Warhol nor McCabe did anything with the photographs after they were developed. They remained in a drawer at McCabe's studio until around 2000, when The Andy Warhol Museum contacted him after learning about the pictures. Although he lost contact with Warhol, they eventually reconnected shortly before the latter's death in 1987.

David McCabe's images continue to be exhibited in some of the most prestigious museums around the world.

Personal life McCabe's first marriage to Christine Scott ended in divorce. They had a son, Mathew. He married Susan Cipolla in 1999. Susan and David had a daughter, Lily Luna. They remained married until his death.

McCabe died on 26 February 2021 at a hospital in Albany, New York from lung cancer. He was 80.