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Friday, September 20, 2013

From Audrey Hepburn to Rooney Mara, famed photographer Douglas Kirkland reveals how capturing Hollywood stars has changed since the Sixties

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In an explosive new photographic memoir, the famed photographer Douglas Kirkland showcases an evening he spent with Marylin Monroe just one year before she died.
Mr Kirkland found fame after photographing Marilyn Monroe for Look magazine in 1961
Behind the scenes: Compilinghis iconic photographs in their entirety for the first time, With Marilyn: An Evening/1961, reveals the intimate moments the then 27-year-old photographer shared with the sexiest woman in the history of Hollywood
Behind the scenes images reveal the intimate moments the photographer shared with Marilyn Monroe
After the shoot: Mr Kirkland recalls 'At the end of our photo session I lay down beside her, she was on the bed, and we just shared stories about our lives'
Mr Kirkland recalls in a separate book: 'At the end of our photo session I lay down beside her, she was on the bed, and we just shared stories about our lives'


Raquel Welch photographed by Mr Kirkland
Raquel Welch photographed by Mr Kirkland 1969 featured in A Life in Pictures: The Douglas Kirkland Monograph - the first English language title to be awarded Book of the Year at Milan's Book Fair this February
A Life in Pictures: The Douglas Kirkland Monograph also features his work on the set of more than 160 films (including The Sound of Music, pictured) for which he photographed iconic movie posters and promotional content
A Life in Pictures: The Douglas Kirkland Monograph also features his work on the set of 160 films (including The Sound of Music, pictured) for which he photographed iconic movie posters and promotional content
Grateful that he had the opportunity to photograph celebrities when a 'coarser' aesthetic was desired, Mr Kirkland says his career has changed 'enormously' from a time when photographers called the shots, not the stars
Grateful that he had the opportunity to photograph celebrities when a 'coarser' aesthetic was desired, Mr Kirkland says his career has changed 'enormously' from a time when photographers called the shots
In a new visual memoir, A Life in Pictures: The Douglas Kirkland Monograph, the Toronto-native chronicles his illustrious career through his favorite images and the intimate stories behind them
In a new visual memoir, A Life in Pictures: The Douglas Kirkland Monograph, the Toronto-native chronicles his illustrious career through his favorite images and the intimate stories behind them
Mr Kirkland's series of timeless portraits of iconic movie stars like Elizabeth Taylor, Catherine Deneuve (pictured 1968) and Judy Garland, have helped to define how we remember them today
Mr Kirkland's series of timeless portraits of iconic movie stars like Elizabeth Taylor, Catherine Deneuve (pictured 1968) and Judy Garland, have helped to define how we remember them today
'No one can have a frown, a wart, or anything on their face anymore,' 79-year-old Douglas Kirkland, whose career spans six decades of Hollywood icons, tells MailOnline (pictured, Diana Ross in 1979)
'No one can have a frown, a wart, or anything on their face anymore,' 79-year-old Douglas Kirkland, whose career spans six decades of Hollywood icons, tells MailOnline (pictured, Diana Ross in 1979)
Mr Kirkland got his star at Look magazine, photography Hollywood stars like Elizabeth Taylor, where he worked for 11 years
Mr Kirkland got his star at Look magazine, photography Hollywood stars like Elizabeth Taylor, where he worked for 11 years


Douglas Kirkland, whose one million-image archive includes hundreds of portraits of Audrey Hepburn (this one taken 1965), has not only witnessed the evolution of celebrity, but had a hand in transforming it himself
Douglas Kirkland, whose one million-image archive includes hundreds of portraits of Audrey Hepburn (this one taken 1965), has not only witnessed the evolution of celebrity, but had a hand in transforming it himself


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2426748/From-Audrey-Hepburn-Rooney-Mara-famed-photographer-Douglas-Kirkland-reveals-capturing-Hollywood-stars-changed-Sixties.html#ixzz2fU9EUc00
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