Arts: An Intimate Look at Hollywood's Greatest Starlets

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Behold An Intimate Look at Hollywood's Greatest Starlets By Kate Phillips Posted Monday, Nov 12, 2012, at 02:37 PM ET Behold is Slate's brand-new photo blog. Like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter @beholdphotos and on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here. The diverse and lengthy career of photographer Eve Arnold, who passed away earlier this year not long before her 100th birthday, includes an extraordinary collection of intimate imagery of celebrities. Arnold began shooting at time when photography was about highly idealized, retouched, and carefully lit portraits of Hollywood starlets. Arnold offered a refreshing alternative, using available light and informal settings; most importantly, she built meaningful relationships with the personalities she photographed. Arnold was often hired as a stills photographer on film sets, focusing equally on moments between shots as what unfolded in front of the movie cameras. In her chronicle of life in the cinema, Film Journal, she wrote, "If the chemistry is right between star and photographer and the geometry of the pictures pleases the star, often the two people end up with a long-term professional friendship during which they continue to work together and to produce highly personal images. Such was my case with John Huston, Vanessa Redgrave, Marilyn Monroe, Isabella Rossellini and Mikhail Baryshnikov." Marlene Dietrich was the first celebrity Arnold was hired to shoot during Dietrich's recording session at Columbia Records in 1952. Arnold later wrote, "Recording sessions were stimulating to photograph, because everything was in motion: the subject, the musicians, the technicians and the photographer. You needed fast reflexes to keep up ... To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Why Romney Never Saw It Coming How Obama Can End Political Gridlock The Chosen Few	Advertisement
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