Yet as much as the club’s admissions policy only allowed in a select few, the mix of denizens drew from all walks of New York City’s life. “Studio 54 brought together a huge blanket of all ...

From 1977 until early 1980, lucky revelers who got past the velvet ropes of Studio 54 in Manhattan were greeted with a haven for hedonism and creativity. Photographer Dustin Pittman captured it all.

At Studio 54, sex, celebrity and, infamously, open drug-use worked in tandem to create a hedonistic nightlife playground that hasn’t been replicated since. Schrager describes the setting as ...