Douglas Kirkland is a prominent photographer who was best known for his images of Hollywood stars. He was hired as a staff photographer for Look magazine at age 24, and became famous for his 1961 photos of Marilyn Monroe taken for Look's 25th anniversary issue. He later joined the staff of Life magazine. AWho's Who of notable persons have posed for Kirkland from the great photography innovator Man Ray and photographer/painter Jacques Henri Lartigue to Dr. Stephen Hawking. Entertainment celebrities he has photographed include Mick Jagger, Sting, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Morgan Freeman, Orson Welles, Andy Warhol, Oliver Stone, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Leonardo DiCaprio, Coco Chanel, Marlene Dietrich, Brigitte Bardot, Judy Garland, Elizabeth Taylor, Sophia Loren and Catherine Deneuve. Kirkland's portrait of Charlie Chaplin is at the National Portrait Gallery in London. In 1995 Kirkland received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Motion Pictures Society of Operating Cameramen.
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