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This updated and expanded collection spans the career of renowned American photographer Michael Childers, including many photographs published for the first time. Working mostly with black-and-white film, Childers has captured the icons and legends of popular culture and the art world for decades. His stunning portraits include Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner, Clint Eastwood, Catherine Deneuve, Rock Hudson, and Carol Channing. Several portraits are of special importance because they were taken early in the actors' careers, before they became celebrities: Sissy Spacek, Demi Moore, Mel Gibson, John Travolta, Richard Gere, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Equally important are portraits of the great film-industry legends who helped establish and build the stars' careers, including film directors Billy Wilder and John Schlesinger and costume designer Edith Head. In addition to stars of the film world, Childers has produced portraits of contemporary artists, architects, writers and musicians, including a series of photographs of Andy Warhol in his New York studio and Paris apartment, and a series of David Hockney in his Hollywood and London studios.

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Michael Childers' passions for art, cinema and the good life are vividly reflected in his work. Thus his book, Icons and Legends , manages to transcend individual genres and disciplines and provide not only superb photography but also grand entertainment. --Peter Bart, editor, Variety

<i> His subjects are icons and legends, but Michael Childers captures them beautifully in moments of both high glamour and repose. There is a joy and exuberance to all of Michael's photographs which embodies a kind of sophisticated optimism. Christopher Rice, author, </i> The Moonlit Earth

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<b>Michael Childers</b> was a founding photographer for Andy Warhol s <i>Interview </i>and <i>After Dark </i>magazines and has photographed more than 200 magazine covers for publications including <i>Elle</i>, <i>Esquire</i>, <i>GQ</i>, <i>Life</i>, <i>London Sunday Times Magazine</i>, <i>Los Angeles</i>, <i>New York</i>, <i>Paris Match</i>, <i>TV Guide</i>, and <i>Vogue</i>. He created more than 150 album covers and film posters and worked as a special photographer on dozens of films, including <i>Coal Miner s Daughter</i>, <i>Grease</i>, <i>Marathon Man</i>, <i>The Terminator</i>, and <i>Ocean s 12</i>. His work appears in numerous venues worldwide, including the Andy Warhol Museum, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Lincoln Center Library for Performing Arts, the Las Vegas Art Museum, and the National Portrait Gallery. He lives in Rancho Mirage, California.

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