Bob Willoughby, Audrey Hepburn Photographs 1953–1966 (GL100AHB)

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 favourite subject: Audrey Kathleen Ruston, later Edda van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston, best known as Audrey Hepburn. Gift-Library.com has managed to secure one of the 1,000 copies of this collector’s edition photograpy book, which has been numbered and signed by Bob Willoughby. 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. This collectable book makes a unique and distinctive gift for birthdays, anniversaries or weddings.

• Dimensions: 31cm x 38.8 cm; Audrey Hepburn Photographs 1953–1966 - Number 879
• Hardcover with clamshell box, 282 pages
• Multilingual Edition: English, French, German

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