Monday, September 26, 2016

Top Iconic Hollywood Legends Photos

By Matthew Butler


Hollywood is the home of the reputable American film industry, is rich with photos telling many stories. The composition of the pictures are outstanding, and the people in the photographs even more. These are iconic moments captured in imagery give the public what goes on behind the big screen.

These photos may be controversial but very notable, regardless. The best black and whites come from the golden age of Hollywood legends photos. The photographs are famous not only for their composition, but usually because of the subject.

A picture of one moment that got Marilyn Monroe, white dress, red lipstick and all, put her mark in a generation . This moment happened during the filming of The Seven Year Itch on Lexington Avenue. The scene had Monroe and her costar exit a theater when a breeze from the subway lifted her skirt.

A picture of Audrey Hepburn on a sleeveless black dress from her torso up and her accessorized with a diamond tiara and necklace is a very renown portrait shot from the film Breakfast at Tiffanys. This has Hepburn with her left hand gripping a cigarette holder while leaning her face on her right hand. The photo is so famous pop art is created to reference the photo even now.

The amazing friendship between James Dean and Dennis Stock produced a gallery of many striking photos. Stock would take pictures of Dean in scenic settings showing the life the actor had behind the camera, even before James Dean became a household name. The most notable photo of young, rebellious James Dean is one of him smoking a cigarette while walking under the rain in Times Square. Promptly, the photo is named On Times Square.

Nothing else can stop time and freeze a love story into a moment than a photograph. A notable photo has Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor where Hudson holds Liz Taylor by the shoulders really close, their face nearing to a kiss. This was for the film in 1956 called Giant one that garnered an Academy Award nomination for Hudson.

What is better than having a memorable photo with three legends in it? A photographer was lucky enough to capture Lauren Bacall with Humphrey Bogart sitting next to a Marilyn Monroe thoroughly enjoying herself. This was in a theater for the first screening of the movie How to Marry A millionaire.

Fred Astaire the man of musical films. Everybody dame wanted to be his dance partner. His chemistry with Ginger Rogers made them a reputable pair which resulted to ten Hollywood musicals together. As famous portrait with the actor from movie in 1941 called You will Never Get Rich is one any fan can remember. A very charming Astaire was gripping his white bow tie, looking to his right with a smug smile.

These vital celebrity photos document what happened in the time of Hollywood legends and recorded the milestone of film culture. These cinema legends were made because of their unmatched talent and charm. After they have passed, it is wonderful to know that there are iconic photographs to keep their memory beautifully framed in our minds and hearts.




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