In 1974, photographer Edie Baskin met Lorne Michaels at a poker game at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. The two became fast friends, and, not long after, they started talking about working together on a project Michaels had cooking.

“He had seen my photography work, so he knew what I was capable of, and, one day, he called me and told me he was moving to New York to start a show,” she told The Post. “I was already living in New York and looking for a job.” 5

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The show was, of course, “Saturday Night Live,” and Baskin would go on to serve as its chief photographer from 1975 to 2000.

Every week, she’d shoot the host and musical guests backstage; develop and print the black-and-white images overnight, and then hand-tint them with bright paints. The dynamic shots — of stars suc

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