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Last year, longtime Hollywood photographer Bob Willoughby quietly posted some of his unpublished photos of Audrey Hepburn on his flickr page...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

Anastasia said...

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

Pen said...

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

Anonymous said...

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

Anonymous said...

Thanks for sharing these marvels!

Welch Design Studio said...

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

English Muse said...

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 said...

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 said...

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

Marsi @ The Cottage Cheese said...

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

English Muse said...

yes, outstanding eyebrows!!

Anonymous said...

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

Lisa said...

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

Lisa

Maia said...

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 said...

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

trishie said...

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

jillian-anne said...

stunning, i love the shot with bambi x

Mag Yip said...

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

Ruth said...

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

vicki archer said...

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

Daisy said...

Ah how pretty!

LenoreNeverM♡re said...

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

clare @ the pretty walrus said...

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

Charlie said...

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

Unknown said...

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.

MFAMB said...

oh man. what a beauty. that long hair.

Clarity said...

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".

Unknown said...

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.

mina said...

stunning photos!

Cheryl Peters said...

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

Thanx for putting them in our laps.

Unknown said...

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!

Joanna Goddard said...

i love her little deer!

avant garde design said...

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

Jen Laceda | Milk Guides said...

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

Pamela Terry and Edward said...

More evidence that she was uniquely beautiful.

Grace Albaugh said...

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 said...

these pictures are beautifuuuul !

TheBeautyFile said...

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 said...

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

Laura said...

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

shoppingsmycardio said...

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

umama said...

She is absolutely gorgeous~

Anonymous said...

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

Anonymous said...

Amazing Audrey photos!

Hi Kooky said...

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 said...

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 said...

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.

amelia said...

simply stunning!
.BrightSides.

Monroe Gallery of Photography said...

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

Anonymous said...

gorgeous as ever! thanks!

Anonymous said...

stunning photos! What a beauty...

duet letterpress said...

you find the loveliest photos!

Diana said...

Such a special collection of photos <3

Unknown said...

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