Hollywood’s most beloved ingénue.
From the films that made her famous to the photographers who immortalized her, Audrey: The 50s brings the actress’s legacy into perfect focus.
At a time of absolute glamour, no one embodied 1950s Hollywood quite like Audrey Hepburn. In this, her most distinguished decade, Hepburn’s influence on fashion and film was ubiquitous and everlasting. Gamine, doe-eyed, and irresistibly endearing, Hepburn delighted cinema audiences in classics like Roman Holiday, Sabrina, Funny Face, and The Nun’s Story. These films, along with the many magazine covers she graced and the photographers who adored capturing her charm, catapulted the sophisticated Hepburn to superstardom, placing her among the acting elite.
From one of the world’s largest private archives of original Audrey Hepburn photographs, renowned curator and photographic preservationist David Wills presents a stunning collection of images from Hepburn’s most iconic period, accompanied by an insightful introduction and quotes from Hepburn’s costars, directors, designers, photographers, and work associates.
With more than 200 rare and classic images of Hepburn in character, on set, at home, behind the scenes, at award shows and photo shoots some of which are being shown here for the first time and many digitally restored from their original photographic prints, negatives, and transparencies Wills brings the 1950s back to life. Showcasing her glamour and incomparable style, Audrey: The 50s is a luxe testament to the actress’s timeless appeal and celebrates her enduring legacy.
Product Details:
ISBN: 9780062472069
ISBN-10: 0062472062
Audience: General
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 256
Published: 21st November 2016
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 29.9 x 23.8 x 3.0
Weight (kg): 1.77
About the Author
Australian-born David Wills is an author, independent curator, photographic preservationist, and editor who has accrued one of the world's largest independent archives of original photographs, negatives, and transparencies. He has contributed material to many publications and museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Phoenix Art Museum, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Wills has produced a series of photography exhibitions based on images from his archive.
His shows include Murder, Models, Madness: Photographs from the Motion Picture Blow-Up; Edie Sedgwick: Unseen Photographs of a Warhol Superstar; Blonde Bombshell; James Bond; Women with Issues: Photographs from the Motion Picture Valley of the Dolls; and Warhology.Wills's books include Ara Gallant; Marilyn Monroe: Metamorphosis; Audrey: The 60s; Hollywood in Kodachrome; and Seventies Glamour. He is also the co-author of Veruschka. His books and exhibitions have received major profiles in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, Vanity Fair, American Photo, Vogue, Interview, and Time.
He has also written articles on photography and popular culture for publications including the Huffington Post, V Magazine, and Palm Springs Life.
