Audrey Hepburn - Terence Pepper

During
her lifetime , the Belgian - born British actress Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 93), star of such
films as
Roman Holiday ,
Sabrina ,
Funny Face ,
Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady ,
Charade and
Two for the Road , was recognised around the world. Posthumously, her popula rity has endured
and her image continues to be reproduced in a variety of international cultural contexts. Unlike other collections, in this new book the authors call attention to the circumstances in
which
pictures of Hepburn were published and consumed,
thereby illuminating more generally
our changing relationship with such images over the course of the twentieth century. Hepburn's career is charted through over 145
portraits and supporting images - from her early
years in London as a student of ballet an d a performer on the West End stage, to her Hollywood
heyday and her final years as a special ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund
(UNICEF). Alongside work by the photographers whose portraits defined Hepburn's image and
shaped her career are
publicity photographs and images made on - and off - set during the
production of her films, as well as family photographs and informal archive news pictures. Possessing the features, height and poise of a model, Hepburn collaborated with a number of
couturie rs, notably Hubert de Givenchy. Her image often graced the pages and covers of fashion
magazines such as
Harper's Bazaar , for which she was photographed by Richard Avedon, whose
work is represented here together with portraits by Cecil Beaton, Antony
Beauchamp, Philippe
Halsman, Angus McBean, Norman Parkinson and Irving Penn.