Photos: The Horror and the Glory
Nico, Irving Blum, Andy Warhol, Ed Ruscha (from left), and others, 1966. Photograph by Steve Schapiro/Corbis.
Blum (center), on the set of Sinister 2. Photograph by Elizabeth Sisson.
A still from Ouija. Photograph by Daniel McFadden/Universal/courtesy of Everett Collection.
Matt Bomer and Mark Ruffalo in The Normal Heart. Photograph by Matt Kennedy/Film District/courtesy of Everett Collection.
A still from Paranormal Activity. Photograph by Matt Kennedy/Film District/courtesy of Everett Collection.
J.K. Simmons in Whiplash. Photograph by Daniel McFadden/Sony Pictures Classics/Courtesy of Everett Collection.
On the set of Sinister 2. Photograph by Elizabeth Sisson.
Ethan Hawke and Blum traveling to actor Steve Zahn’s wedding, 1994. Courtesy of Jason Blum.
Still from The Purge. Photograph by Paramount Pictures/courtesy of Everett Collection.
Jason Blum and actress Rose Byrne at the premiere of Insidious: Chapter 2, 2013. Photograph by Kevin Winter/Getty Images.
Jason Blum (bottom, right) with the Malaparte Theater Company, 1994. Courtesy of Jason Blum.
Blum recently posted this photograph on WhoSay, tagging it: #tbt to when jason blum screamed during #purgebreakout. and guess what? #purgebreakout is baaaack in la for halloween season!. Courtesy of blum productions/whosay.
Warhol and Irving Blum in 1966—Blum ran the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles, where Warhol first showed his Soup Cans. Photograph by Steve Schapiro/Corbis.