Douglas Kirkland: Hollywood’s favourite photographer. - The Telegraph
The greatest international stars of movies, art and music have posed for him, from Mick Jagger to Sophia Loren, from Coco Chanel to Marlene Dietrich, from Man Ray to Andy Warhol. His concentration on the subject and the relationship that he establishes with the personalities he photographs make his shots unique for their spontaneity. - Vogue Italia
Douglas Kirkland has few peers. - The New York Times Exactly ten years after the publication of Freeze Frame - Douglas Kirkland’s initial compilation of his illustrious career photographing the world’s most famous faces, both in private environments and on set - this monumental expanded version, Freeze Frame: Second Cut, with bigger format, additional photographs, and tantalising stories that accompany them, is sure to enthrall. With more than 450 photographs, including 3 luxurious gatefolds, culled from more than 170 movies over a period of more than 60 years, are presented in a gorgeous composition with endless descriptions of personal interactions with luminaries. For film lovers, photography aficionados, star-watchers, pop culture historians, or most important, fans of the work of this legendary photographer, this book is a must. AUTHOR: Douglas Kirkland joined Look Magazine in his twenties, and worked for Life Magazine during the golden age of photojournalism, in the 1960s 1970s. He has photographed such luminaries as Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, and Marlene Dietrich, and has worked on the sets of hundreds of motion pictures. His photography has been exhibited worldwide and is in the permanent collections of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Smithsonian, and the National Portrait Gallery in London. When not travelling the globe on assignment, he lives in the Hollywood Hills with his wife and business partner, Francoise Kirkland. 400 colour, 100 b/w photographs