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Bob Willoughby Figurative Photography

American, 1927-2009

Bob Willoughby was an American realist artist and photographer, born in 1927, in Los Angeles, California. He was most-loved for his photojournalistic motion picture stills capturing famous faces, including Audrey Hepburn and Frank Sinatra, demonstrating an ability to capture film stars in unguarded moments of repose and vulnerability. Between 1948-54, he also shot iconic moments of US Jazz history. In 1955, Edward Steichen selected one of Bob's images of a screaming female audience, to be included in the landmark 1955 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, “The Family of Man”.

Bob's photographs are now held in major collections worldwide, including at the National Portrait Gallery, in Washington DC, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York, the National Portrait Gallery, in London, Tate, in London and the Bibliotheque Nationale, in Paris.

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Artist: Bob Willoughby
Elvis Presley and Sophia Loren, 1958  - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)

Elvis Presley and Sophia Loren, 1958 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)

By Bob Willoughby

Located in London, GB

Elvis Presley and Sophia Loren, 1958 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography) Worldwide Shipping Available Signed by Christopher Willoughby, executor of the Estate, inscribed with title and photographer's copyright information, numbered and stamped with photographer's estate copyright ink stamp on reverse. American photographer Bob Willoughby (1927-2009) had a photographic career that coincided with the Golden Age of film. As the first on set film photographer, Willoughby revolutionised the documentation of Hollywood. Willoughby was the first 'outside’ photographer employed by studios to document the making of films. His work forms a visual who’s who of cinema, rock and jazz music, theatre and dance over 20 years. Iconic images of a multitude of stars from the 1950s and 60s, including Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft on the set of The Graduate, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra casually playing Blackjack at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, Audrey Hepburn between takes on the set of My Fair Lady, Chet Baker recording the music for My Funny Valentine...

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20th Century Bob Willoughby Figurative Photography

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Audrey Hepburn, 1962 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)

Audrey Hepburn, 1962 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)

By Bob Willoughby

Located in London, GB

Audrey Hepburn, 1962 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography) Worldwide Shipping Available Signed by Christopher Willoughby, executor of the Estate, inscribed with title and photograp...

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20th Century Bob Willoughby Figurative Photography

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Audrey Hepburn, 1962 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)

Audrey Hepburn, 1962 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)

By Bob Willoughby

Located in London, GB

Audrey Hepburn, 1962 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography) Worldwide Shipping Available Signed by Christopher Willoughby, executor of the Estate, inscribed with title and photograp...

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20th Century Bob Willoughby Figurative Photography

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Audrey Hepburn, 1963 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)

Audrey Hepburn, 1963 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)

By Bob Willoughby

Located in London, GB

Audrey Hepburn, 1963 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography) Worldwide Shipping Available Signed by Christopher Willoughby, executor of the Estate, inscribed with title and photograp...

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Frank Sinatra, 1955 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)

Frank Sinatra, 1955 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)

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Frank Sinatra, 1955 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography) Worldwide Shipping Available Signed by Christopher Willoughby, executor of the Estate, inscribed with title and photograph...

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Dustin Hoffman and Katharine Ross, 1967 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)

Dustin Hoffman and Katharine Ross, 1967 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)

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Dustin Hoffman and Katharine Ross, 1967 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography) Worldwide Shipping Available Signed by Christopher Willoughby, executor of the Estate, inscribed with ...

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Chet Baker, 1953  - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)

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Chet Baker, 1953 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography) Worldwide Shipping Available Signed by Christopher Willoughby, executor of the Estate, inscribed w...

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