Douglas Kirkland / Studio research

Douglas Kirkland was born in 1934 in Canada . At age twenty-four, Kirkland was hired as a staff photographer for Look magazine and became famous for his 1961 photos of Marilyn Monroe taken for looks 25th anniversary issue. He later joined the staff of Life magazine

Hes assignments for life magazine were essays on Greece and Lebanon by fashion and celebrity photography of Marilyn Monroe , Judy garland , Marlene Dietrich and Elizabeth Taylor and many others over the years

Douglas Kirkland has also worked as a special photographer on the set of more than 100 films. 'A Life in Pictures' features some of his most iconic imagery, created for films including The Sound of Music 1965, Out of Africa 1985, Titanic 1997 and Australia 2008

I love the colours in the shot

I like how the backdrop matches

Elizabeth Taylor's eyes

I like hows hes lite half of the face

 and left the over half in shadow 

It was the models idea to set up the shots this way from

above with her naked under a white sheet

showing that sometimes the model can help on a shoot

I love this top view shot I luv the perspective

and leading lines and focal point of Marilyn face

Kirkland photographing Marilyn Monroe, Hollywood, 1961

Douglas taking about the shoot and how

she asked for him to shot her alone

I like how when he was alone

with her he got the best shots

It was the models idea to set up the shots this way

this way showing that sometimes the model can help on a shoot

This shots made him famous and sell

 to this day all around the world

I like how her arms frame Farrah fawcetts face

He done a copy of hes famous Marilyn Monroe shoot with

Angelia Jolie as the model nice leading lines and tonal range

I like that you don't always have to have the model

with her looking at the lens or even seeing the eyes

Above is a beautiful shot of Bridget bardot

The hand makes the shot even better also

 the hair frames the face .

Here he has the beautiful french actress

Catherine Deneuve posing with her hand on her face

I like the colours and backdrop used

The famous actress and singer Judy garland

Its a great low key shot

movie still photographer

He has worked on the sets of more than 100 motion pictures and many music videos 

Getting in the water for the titanic movie

Jeanne Moreau as herself in Alex in Wonderland Hollywood Boulevard, 1970

Two great shots of Michael before and after makeup

edited together to make one photo

Douglas talking about Michael Jackson

I like the photo of Nicole kidman

I like the lighting and tonal range

The beautiful Audrey Hepburn

shot face on i love the tonal range and

shadow under her neck

Douglas Kirkland talking about hes career

and photos i like how he says never ask the model

to do something that you would not do yourself

Books 

Douglas has many books published and has

 many of hes photos published in books

An evening Marilyn

Coco chanel book photos by douglas kirkland

The famous Titanic film photographs by Douglas kirkland

Frezze frame 5 decades of hes work with 400 photos

Photography shoots

With Grace Jones 1994

Douglas talking about hes shoot with a disabled model

Douglas kirkland working with old and new cameras

Douglas shows how he works with

natural light to create beautiful portraits

Talks

Douglas kirland talking about some of hes most famous shots

Giving a talk on hes photography

Exhibitions

50 years of Douglas kirkland was shown at this

exhibition i like how he talked about how

 he use of music in alot of hes studio shots

Douglas talking about hes exhibition and photos

Douglas Kirkland’s passion for photography began in his youth and launched a six-decade journey that shows no signs of slowing down by learning about Douglas kirkland I have great respect for hes great work over the decades