It features photographs that look like they could have been taken years apart: images of bombed out apartment blocks without running water and scant electricity next to grand seaside hotels where visitors — dressed head-to-toe in holiday attire — are just checking in
including shooting portraits of some of the most iconic cultural figures of the 20th century
It is beautifully printed in quad tones on 130lb premium cover paper with a spot varnish applied
“My pleasures were more in finding the intimate moments that depicted a less self-conscious side to an actor’s character and the offbeat moment behind the scenes on a set rather than what happened in front of a movie camera
In the rural farmland of Argentina
Contact Sheet Print: Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor at a pub, Shepperton, 1963 Size:20 x 24 in (50 x 60 cm) It features photographs that lookAlmost entirely self taught in the art of photography, Eve Arnold possessed not only an innate skill for image making but an extraordinary ability to connect with her many subjects. Joining Magnum in 1957 as the agencys first female photographer, Arnold captured on film some of the most significant individuals and groups of the era, including legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor. After meeting on the set of Cleopatra in the early 1960s, Taylor and