ABEL FERRARA IN PARIS, JANUARY 2013. ALL CLOTHING FERRARA'S OWN. PHOTO BY WARD IVAN RAFIK.

AÏDA RUILOVA'S IMMORAL TALES, 2012, AND BEHIND CONVENT WALLS, 2013. PHOTOS: HEATHER RASMUSSEN. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND KAYNE GRIFFIN CORCORAN, SANTA MONICA. SPECIAL THANKS: PIN UP STUDIOS.

SCENE FROM KING OF NEW YORK, 1990. PHOTO: ITV/REX USA

SCENE FROM KING OF NEW YORK, 1990. PHOTO: ITV/REX USA

FERRARA ON MULBERRY STREET, NYC, 2009. PHOTO: KEITH BECKLES.

SCENE FROM THE DRILLER KILLER, 1979. PHOTO: PHOTOFEST

USA FERRARA DIRECTING BAD LIEUTENANT, 1992. PHOTO: EVERETT COLLECTION/REX USA

FERRARA DIRECTING LILI TAYLOR IN THE ADDICTION, 1995. PHOTO: OCTOBER FILMS/PHOTOFEST

FERRARA ON THE SET OF MARY, 2005. © CHRISTOPHE D'YVOIRE/SYGMA/CORBIS

SCENE FROM BAD LIEUTENANT, 1992. PHOTO: EVERETT COLLECTION/ REX 

SCENE FROM MS .45, 1981. PHOTO: REX USA