Monday, June 15, 2009

Rare Audrey Hepburn Photos

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Last year, longtime Hollywood photographer Bob Willoughby quietly posted some of his unpublished photos of Audrey Hepburn on his flickr page...

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"This year (2008) I am 80," Willoughby explained on his page. "In the process of going over my prints recently, I realized that I have a lot of photographs that the galleries have never shown...and that I feel should be seen."

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He put up 46 remarkable photos of the iconic actress in a flickr set that has now received more than 9,000 views (but deserves far more!)

Do you want to see it? The link {here}.





Marvelous.

53 comments:

AnastasiaC June 15, 2009 7:41 PM  

beautiful! she was such a natural....off to have a look at the link!

Penelope June 15, 2009 7:43 PM  

Oh, how lovely. I've not seen these so merci!

lauragrace7 June 15, 2009 8:08 PM  

Oh these are so extraordinary! Also: Thank you for the well wishes!

puglyfeet June 15, 2009 8:18 PM  

Thanks for sharing these marvels!

lbwDESIGN June 15, 2009 8:30 PM  

thank you for posting. I absoutely love audrey...so any post dedicated to her ( and her photographer)is welcome!!

Tina June 15, 2009 8:50 PM  

I love her too! there's a really cute photo in the set of her taking a nap with the deer and her little dog...

Yellowgoat June 15, 2009 9:16 PM  

Love. I can't get enough of Audrey. She's one true beauty, inside and out.

Whenever they're showing roman holiday on TV, I always reschedule to make that a movie date with my family. We all love her.

Tina Tarnoff June 15, 2009 9:50 PM  

How lovely she was. How beautiful. She had the most wonderful eyebrows. (not a very profound statement, but there you go!:)xoxo

The Cottage Cheese June 15, 2009 9:51 PM  

Thank you for this link! Audrey was such a remarkable person, both for her beauty and her kindness.

Tina June 15, 2009 10:01 PM  

yes, outstanding eyebrows!!

Annabelle June 15, 2009 10:14 PM  

What beautiful original photos... the cowboy hat looks so out of place on her!! Don't you think?

Lit and Life June 15, 2009 10:29 PM  

One of the most beautiful women every--those eyes are incredible!

Lisa

The Wanderers' Daughter June 15, 2009 10:31 PM  

Oh my! That photo with the long hair and the fawn...breathtaking. My mum has this amazing photo of my dad feeding a fawn in the woods...and the best part is, it was the first and last hunting trip he was ever coerced into taking in his lifetime. Instead of shooting a deer, he ended up coaxing a wild fawn to eat out of his hand. That was my dad.

iva yaneva June 15, 2009 10:37 PM  

I love Audrey! such an interesting story.. thanks for sharing :)

trishiekoh June 15, 2009 10:50 PM  

These are amazing pictures. I love the one where she's feeding the deer. Thanks so much for sharing!

jillian-anne June 15, 2009 11:07 PM  

stunning, i love the shot with bambi x

Mag June 15, 2009 11:52 PM  

Oh..really lovely!!
Especially, second picture.
thank you for your sharing!!

Black June 16, 2009 12:21 AM  

Oh, the second picture is just so precious! Thanks for sharing.

vicki archer June 16, 2009 12:33 AM  

Could she have been any more lovely? Superb, xv.

LENORENEVERMORE June 16, 2009 2:51 AM  

Beyond Marvelousss...love her & these pictures! PS: love you too darling Tina ~XO*

cgw @ accidentally, kle June 16, 2009 4:20 AM  

wow these are spectacular! thank you SO much for this post! x

Charlie June 16, 2009 4:44 AM  

I have never seen any of these! The are wornderful!

AliceTo June 16, 2009 5:18 AM  

She is so beautiful. I love Audrey Hepburn since I was a child and I am still amazed by her beauty, her look, her elegance, her fragility.
Thank for your blog, such an everyday inspiration to me.

my favorite and my best June 16, 2009 5:38 AM  

oh man. what a beauty. that long hair.

Clarity June 16, 2009 6:03 AM  

This is timely. I just saw an exhibition at the Pride in London this weekend that showed previously unseen photos of Audrey too. The quote from the photographer was "You just couldn't stop photographing Audrey".

Kelly June 16, 2009 6:05 AM  

I have to agree, her eyebrows are stunning. The top one with her talking on the phone is one of my favorite photographs of her.

She is so dear, I love her immensely.

Shaddy June 16, 2009 7:18 AM  

Thank goodness he came across them or we'd all be the poorer.

Thanx for putting them in our laps.

VictoriaArt June 16, 2009 8:58 AM  

Oh, she was just such a stunning beauty, inside and out! I love her, her movies, her charity work later for the UN, she had such class!

avant garde June 16, 2009 9:15 AM  

she is timeless, the epitomy of elegance and innocence. just stunning to look at.

jen laceda June 16, 2009 10:39 AM  

Thanks for posting here! My husband will thank you, too! He's a huge Audrey fan, more so than me!

Pamela Terry and Edward June 16, 2009 10:45 AM  

More evidence that she was uniquely beautiful.

Grace Albaugh June 16, 2009 11:12 AM  

It is so interesting that you post these. I was looking for a beautiful hair cut and found the top photo you have posted here just the other day and chose it for my own. I'm no Audrey Hepburn but I can hardley wait to diplay her beautiful cut on my own head. Thanks for these. they are beautiful.

Hayley June 16, 2009 11:52 AM  

these pictures are beautifuuuul !

TheBeautyFile June 16, 2009 12:12 PM  

Wow! Thanks so much for sharing. She is a total stunner & I can not wait to plow through these. That first photo is just perfect.

Jen @ GreetQ.com June 16, 2009 1:11 PM  

I agree with the comments on the photo with her hair down and the fawn. Truly beautiful!

Laura [What I Like] June 16, 2009 2:25 PM  

I love that shot of her on the stairs...she really was one in a million.

shoppingsmycardio June 16, 2009 2:45 PM  

amazing doesn't even begin to cover it...thank you so much for sharing these! the whole lot is just stunning.

umama June 16, 2009 5:13 PM  

She is absolutely gorgeous~

Des June 16, 2009 6:28 PM  

Timeless. She is as relevant now as she was in the '50s and '60s.

lovelydisco June 16, 2009 7:14 PM  

Amazing Audrey photos!

Hi Kooky June 16, 2009 9:36 PM  

A mesmerizing set of photographs. This man's work deserves to be looked at by thousands more. Not only does he capture Audrey (perfection herself) beautifully, but his sense of light and composition are amazing. Thank you so much for sharing.

Gretchen June 17, 2009 2:57 AM  

Thanks for sharing! Audrey is one of my favorites. Such a classic. There's never been anyone even remotely like her in Hollywood since...

orange sugar home June 17, 2009 2:09 PM  

amazing. what a treat! I love when photos of the famous are discovered. It means there are secrets/parts of their personalities yet to be revealed to the world.

Monroe Gallery of Photography June 18, 2009 9:55 AM  

Exhibit features another catche of "lost" Audrey Hepburn photographs: http://www.monroegallery.com/

emily June 19, 2009 12:40 PM  

gorgeous as ever! thanks!

thelifeoflisa June 20, 2009 2:00 PM  

stunning photos! What a beauty...

duet letterpress June 24, 2009 7:21 AM  

you find the loveliest photos!

Di August 31, 2009 3:47 PM  

Such a special collection of photos <3

tham October 15, 2009 6:50 AM  

i love Audrey and these photos pulled to the top of heaven

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