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. \u201cShe took my hand like\u2026 well a princess, and dazzled me with that smile that God designed to melt mortal men\u2019s hearts,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n
As Hepburn\u2019s 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\u2019s beauty and elegance, as she progresses from her debut to her career high of My Fair Lady in 1963. Willoughby\u2019s studies, showing her on set, preparing for a scene, interacting with actors and directors, and returning to her private life, comprise one of photography\u2019s great platonic love affairs and an unrivalled record of one of the 20th century\u2019s touchstone beauties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16512,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[4522],"product_tag":[1676,151],"class_list":{"0":"post-16523","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-art-en","7":"product_tag-movie-stars","8":"product_tag-women","9":"pa_author_att-bob-willoughby-en","10":"pa_cover-hardcover","11":"pa_format-24-x-30-cm-en","12":"pa_isbn-9783836554497-en","13":"pa_language-eng-f-ger","14":"pa_pages-280-en-2","15":"pa_published-2014-10-05-en","16":"pa_publisher-taschen-en-en","18":"first","19":"instock","20":"sold-individually","21":"shipping-taxable","22":"purchasable","23":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n