{"product_id":"audrey-hepburn-portraits-of-an-icon","title":"Audrey Hepburn: Portraits of an Icon","description":"During  her lifetime , the Belgian - born British actress Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 93), star of such  films as  Roman Holiday ,  Sabrina ,  Funny Face ,  Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady ,  Charade and  Two for the Road , was recognised around the world. Posthumously, her popula rity has endured  and her image continues to be reproduced in a variety of international cultural contexts. Unlike other collections, in this new book the authors call attention to the circumstances in  which  pictures of Hepburn were published and consumed,  thereby illuminating more generally  our changing relationship with such images over the course of the twentieth century. Hepburn's career is charted through over 145  portraits and supporting images - from her early  years in London as a student of ballet an d a performer on the West End stage, to her Hollywood  heyday and her final years as a special ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund  (UNICEF). Alongside work by the photographers whose portraits defined Hepburn's image and  shaped her career are  publicity photographs and images made on - and off - set during the  production of her films, as well as family photographs and informal archive news pictures. Possessing the features, height and poise of a model, Hepburn collaborated with a number of  couturie rs, notably Hubert de Givenchy. Her image often graced the pages and covers of fashion  magazines such as  Harper's Bazaar , for which she was photographed by Richard Avedon, whose  work is represented here together with portraits by Cecil Beaton, Antony  Beauchamp, Philippe  Halsman, Angus McBean, Norman Parkinson and Irving Penn.","brand":"National Portrait Gallery Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42665036480548,"sku":"9781855145757","price":43.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/9734\/0196\/files\/9781855145757.jpg?v=1774921809","url":"https:\/\/thamesandhudson.com.au\/products\/audrey-hepburn-portraits-of-an-icon","provider":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}