Bob Willoughby. Audrey Hepburn. Photographs 1953–1966 - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 3836554496 ISBN 13: 9783836554497

Casa editrice: TASCHEN, 2022

Riassunto

In his distinguished career as a Hollywood photographer, Bob Willoughby captured Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor and Jane Fonda, but remains unequivocal about his favorite subject: Audrey Kathleen Ruston, later Edda van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston, best known as Audrey Hepburn. Willoughby was called in to shoot the new starlet one morning shortly after she arrived in Hollywood in 1953. It was a humdrum commission for the portraitist often credited with having perfected the photojournalistic movie still, but when he met the Belgian-born beauty, Willoughby was enraptured. “She took my hand like... well a princess, and dazzled me with that smile that God designed to melt mortal men’s hearts,” he recalled.

As Hepburn’s career soared following her Oscar-winning US debut in Roman Holiday, Willoughby became a trusted friend, framing her working and home life. His historic, perfectionist, tender photographs seek out the many facets of Hepburn’s beauty and elegance, as she progresses from her debut to her career high of My Fair Lady in 1963. Willoughby’s studies, showing her on set, preparing for a scene, interacting with actors and directors, and returning to her private life, comprise one of photography’s great platonic love affairs and an unrivalled record of one of the 20th century’s touchstone beauties.

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L'autore

Bob Willoughby (1927-2009) prit sa première photo à l'âge de douze ans. En 1954, il exposa ses portraits de musiciens de jazz et de danseurs, et se vit proposer un contrat avec l'agence Globe Photos, avant de travailler pour Harper's Bazaar. Il immortalisa Judy Garland sur le tournage de Une Étoile est née, et devint le premier photographe de plateau –; engagé par les studios de cinéma pour prendre des " instantanés " à but promotionnel pendant et en marge des tournages. Auteur de nombreux livres sur la photo, il a passé les dernières années de sa vie à Vence, en France, où il est décédé le 18 décembre 2009.

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Our Fair Lady. The many facets of Hepburn's beauty, on and off set. In his distinguished career as a Hollywood photographer, Bob Willoughby took iconic photos of Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor and Jane Fonda, but remains unequivocal about his favorite subject: Audrey Kathleen Ruston, later Edda van Heemstra Hepburn Ruston, best known as Audrey Hepburn. Willoughby was called in to shoot the new starlet one morning shortly after she arrived in Hollywood in 1953. It was a humdrum commission for the portraitist often credited with having perfected the photojournalistic movie still, but when he met the Belgian-born beauty, Willoughby was enraptured. "She took my hand like...well a princess, and dazzled me with that smile that God designed to melt mortal men's hearts," he recalled. As Hepburn's career soared following her Oscar-winning US debut in Roman Holiday, Willoughby became a trusted friend, framing her working and home life. His historic, perfectionist, tender photographs seek out the many facets of Hepburn's beauty and elegance, as she progresses from her debut to her career high of My Fair Lady in 1963. Willoughby's studies, showing her on set, preparing for a scene, interacting with actors and directors, and returning to her private life, comprise one of photography's great platonic love affairs and an unrivalled record of one of the 20th century's touchstone beauties.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: TASCHEN
• Data di pubblicazione: 2022
• ISBN 10: 3836554496
• ISBN 13: 9783836554497
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Lingue multiple
• Numero di pagine: 280