The Art Of Touch In Crash (1996), Dir. David Cronenberg.

Crash (1996), dir, David Cronenberg

1987 - River is photographed by Kenneth Johansson

Crash (1996), dir. David Cronenberg

RIVER PHOENIX

photographed by Tony Palmieri in 1990.

Keanu Reeves & River Phoenix, 1991

RIVER PHOENIX as JAMES WRIGHT and SAMANTHA MATHIS as MIRANDA PRESLEY in The Thing Called Love (1993)

Hunter Schafer | IMDb Portrait Studio at The 2025 Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California | February 22, 2025

KEANU REEVES AND RIVER PHOENIX 

By Bruce Weber 1991

"...the interaction between an anonymous individual and his car, the transits of his body across the polished cellulose panels and vinyl seating, his face silhouetted against the instrument dials.

"Caring for him, I wanted to stroke his scarred thighs and abdomen, offering him the automobile injuries carried by my own body in place of those imaginary wounds he wished upon the actress." -J.G. Ballard, Crash

JAMES SPADER as James Ballard CRASH (1996), dir. David Cronenberg

SAMANTHA MATHIS as MIRANDA PRESLEY and RIVER PHOENIX as JAMES WRIGHT in The Thing Called Love (1993)