Douglas Kirkland : « Romance »

"Douglas Kirkland joined LOOK magazine at the age of twenty, then moved to LIFE magazine during the golden age of photojournalism in the 1960s and 1970s. He earned this exceptional position thanks to his immense talent and remarkable interpersonal skills, as can be seen in the series he produced in the private life of Marilyn Monroe. From 1960 to 2013, for half a century, he tirelessly photographed Hollywood stars in Rome, London, and Paris. Not content with making the front page of hundreds of prestigious magazines, he also worked as a set photographer on major films such as “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” “Out of Africa,” “Titanic,” “Moulin Rouge,” “Australia,” and “The Great Gatsby.”
His immense and multifaceted body of work takes us back to those years when, despite the Cold War, the world lived as if anything were possible, when America led the way in consumerism and frivolous happiness as an end in itself."
Jean-François Camp

ouglas Kirkland (1934-2022) joined Look magazine in his early twenties, then Life Magazine during the golden age of photojournalism in the 1960s and 1970s. His many assignments included reporting in Greece, Lebanon, and Japan, as well as fashion and celebrity portrait work, immortalizing Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, and Marlene Dietrich, among others.

Over the years, Kirkland has worked on more than a hundred film shoots, including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Sound of Music, Out of Africa, Titanic, Moulin Rouge!, Australia, and The Great Gatsby.

His photographs have been exhibited worldwide and are part of the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institution, the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra, Australia, the National Portrait Gallery in London, Eastman House in Rochester, the Houston Center for Photography, and the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles.

He has received numerous awards, including the President’s Award and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Cinematographers, a Lucie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Entertainment Photography from the IPA, and an Award of Excellence from the Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles, in recognition of his outstanding career.