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ABOUT BOB WILLOUGHBY
In the early 1950s, Los Angeles born
Bob Willoughby began his career photographing for Harper's Bazaar. He was
soon discovered by the film studios, becoming the first special
photographer, when Warner Brothers assigned him to photograph Judy Garland
on A Star Is Born, beginning a non-stop 20 year collaboration with the
publicity departments of all of the major Hollywood studios. His distinction
as a special photographer emerged in the unique relationship between the
world of the Hollywood film, its stars and personalities and the great
magazines and periodicals of the day. While Willoughby is most famous as the great chronicler of Hollywood, before he began covering film production, he had already made an astonishing series of portraits of jazz musicians. Willoughby had a masterful feel for the character of his sitters, and was able to convey it even in the low lighting conditions of recording studios or when they were performing on stage. |