{"product_id":"audrey-hepburn-bob-willoughby-photographs-1953-1966","title":"Audrey Hepburn. Bob Willoughby Photographs 1953–1966","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/9818\/5773\/files\/Taschen_Logo_black_f2euvp.png?v=1774562533\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn unrivalled record of one of the 20th century’s touchstone beauties, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBob Willoughby’s tender Hepburn portfolio\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is now available in a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003enew format and with a softer price tag\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. At once an enraptured admirer and trusted friend of the starlet, Willougby captured Hepburn’s elegance on and off set, from her Oscar-winning debut in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRoman Holiday\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to the dizzy heights of global fame.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__title\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur Fair Lady\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--subtitle\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe many facets of Hepburn's beauty, on and off set.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--subtitle\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--content\"\u003eIn his distinguished career as a Hollywood photographer,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBob Willoughby\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecaptured\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/collection\/marilyn-monroe\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/en\/collection\/marilyn-monroe\/\"\u003eMarilyn Monroe\u003c\/a\u003e, Elizabeth Taylor and Jane Fonda, but remains unequivocal about his favorite subject: Audrey Kathleen Ruston, later Edda van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston, best known as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAudrey Hepburn\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Hepburn’s career soared following her Oscar-winning US debut in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRoman Holiday\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilloughby became a trusted friend, framing her working and home life\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy Fair Lady\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein 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\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ean unrivalled record of one of the 20th century’s touchstone beauties\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--biographies\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--title\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\" data-uw-rm-heading=\"level\"\u003eThe photographer\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBob Willoughby\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1927-2009) took his first photo at the age of twelve. By 1954 his exhibitions of photographs of jazz musicians and dancers led to a contract with Globe Photos, followed by work at\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHarper's Bazaar.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAfter shooting Judy Garland during the filming of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Star is Born\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehe became the first \"unit photographer\"—hired specifically by movie studios to take on-set promotional \"stills\". The author of numerous books on photography, he lived his last years in Vence, France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--book-info\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--book-title\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-uw-rm-heading=\"level\"\u003eBob Willoughby. Audrey Hepburn. 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