Career
He shot for Vogue, Interview, Bloomingdale"s, and Victoria"s Secret. Celebrity subjects included David Kennedy, Halston, Mariel Hemingway, and Andy Warhol. Other subjects included actresses and models, such as Carla Bruni, Janice Dickinson, Patti Hansen, Jerry Hall, Uma Thurman, and Rachel Ward and performers such as Louise Robey, Pete Townshend, and John Phillips with Geneviève Waïte.
Shaffer was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1944.
He also grew up in rural Illinois. Shaffer discovered photography in his early twenties.
His passions included French cooking, reggae music, and sailing.
