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Audrey 100
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191 pages, Hardcover
First published November 1, 2010
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October 22, 2013
100 hand selected photographs of a visual icon, Audrey Hepburn.
This is more than Breakfast at Tiffany's and Eliza Doolittle. Audrey H. is shown at work and play in a stunning collection of images. From some candid moments to high fashion poses to private moments with her beloved dogs, an era is captured.
The Photographer's range from friends and family to themselves iconic figures. Names known now mostly to a few students and fellow, but later generation photographers, are on display. Some of the photogs were the top of the heap in the 1950's. Today I'd have trouble finding a dozen fellow photographers who have heard of three-fourths of these shooters. That is another nice element to this book. There are extended credits after the large and some full spread images about each, where known, credited photographer.
The book is an oversize 10x12 on heavy paper stock work. Only a few images consume less than a full page border to border. Many are full or partial double spread with no interfering captions. It is the kind of work a lover of photography just sits down and goes through page after page after page. . .
For the connoisseur of B/W 50/60's fashion photography. A few color images are thrown in for good measure, certainly of Audrey in her later life. Selected by family, these images are chosen for their ability to enhance and preserve and for their relationship to the icon status of Audrey Hepburn. A well done collection and another visual feast.
This is more than Breakfast at Tiffany's and Eliza Doolittle. Audrey H. is shown at work and play in a stunning collection of images. From some candid moments to high fashion poses to private moments with her beloved dogs, an era is captured.
The Photographer's range from friends and family to themselves iconic figures. Names known now mostly to a few students and fellow, but later generation photographers, are on display. Some of the photogs were the top of the heap in the 1950's. Today I'd have trouble finding a dozen fellow photographers who have heard of three-fourths of these shooters. That is another nice element to this book. There are extended credits after the large and some full spread images about each, where known, credited photographer.
The book is an oversize 10x12 on heavy paper stock work. Only a few images consume less than a full page border to border. Many are full or partial double spread with no interfering captions. It is the kind of work a lover of photography just sits down and goes through page after page after page. . .
For the connoisseur of B/W 50/60's fashion photography. A few color images are thrown in for good measure, certainly of Audrey in her later life. Selected by family, these images are chosen for their ability to enhance and preserve and for their relationship to the icon status of Audrey Hepburn. A well done collection and another visual feast.
May 26, 2021
Très beau livre !
February 23, 2026
Audrey Hepburn has always been one of my all-time favorite actresses. Not only was she one of the most beautiful and talented movie stars of all time, but she was also a selfless, hardworking humanitarian who had a passion for underprivileged children around the globe. Audrey 100, a special collection of the 100 most significant photos specifically chosen by Audrey’s family, showcases her ethereal glamour, impeccable fashion sense, but mostly her adoration for those she loved.
This collection, which is more of a coffee table photography book, is made up of photos selected by Audrey’s sons Sean Hepburn Ferrer and Luca Dotti and her long-term partner Rob Wolders; the book itself was arranged by Ellen Fontana, the executive director of the Audrey Hepburn Children’s Fund. In Sean’s lovely foreword, we learn that, to Audrey, photographs were not a memento to remember a special moment in time, but rather something to immortalize the hard work that went into being perfect for the camera. The constant barrage of paparazzi photos caused her a great deal of stress, but they were also integral to her image as a style icon. In contrast to the thousands of photos memorializing Audrey’s career, these 100 snapshots are chosen to tell her story, to allow the reader to gain a new perspective on Audrey as a person rather than a performer. While such a collection might be revealing and even disappointing about some other stars, Audrey 100 is a tribute to the fact that Audrey was just as elegant and effervescent offscreen as she was on. She had the most remarkable inner radiance, an electrifying smile, and a carriage full of poise, grace, elegance, character, and expressiveness — so much so that it’s sometimes difficult to believe she was just an ordinary woman.
The 100 photos are in no particular order; it’s more of an assortment akin to a photo album. We get to see Audrey in every stage of her life: as a ballerina, a fashion model, at home, boating, cycling, reading, knitting, traveling, filming movies, spending time with animals, and doing charity work with UNICEF in Africa. Dozens of photographers, all of whom managed to capture their own personality in their photos alongside Audrey’s, are credited throughout the collection, but the majority were taken by her husband Mel Ferrer, Cecil Beaton, Philippe Halsman, Leo Fuchs, Mark Shaw, Pierluigi Praturlon, Douglas Kirkland, and Bob Willoughby, with several exclusive photos from the Audrey Hepburn Estate Collection. Each photo is dated — the years range from her early career in 1951 through her final days in 1992 — and the locations are as varied as the subject matter. Almost all of the photographs are black-and-white, with just a few arresting color photos, and the styles are everything from full-page spreads to tiny Polaroids. The collection ends with a series of captions for each photo, with little commentaries by Sean, Luca, and Rob to give context for the pictures.
If nothing else, Audrey 100 documents how unnaturally photogenic Audrey was, and how everyone who met her couldn’t help falling in love with her. Even her imperfections are beautiful — her crooked teeth, her unusual thinness, her long feet, and everything else just conveys the fact that she’s human… but certainly a more luminous human than most you might see. Her flair as a fashion icon is on full display not just on movie sets and modeling shoots, but even around her house or on family vacations. Her natural beauty is so astonishing that sometimes you can barely tell if she’s wearing makeup or not; it’s incredible to see how little she changed through the years, and some of my favorite photos of her are the ones with her unguarded, unposed expressions. These pictures actually inspired me to be a little more facially expressive in my own photos — she really captivates you with how bold and dazzling her smiles are. I kept a list of my favorite photos in Audrey 100: her receiving a telegram that she’d been voted best actress for The Nun’s Story, her contribution to Philippe Halsman’s “jumpology” photo series, a My Fair Lady photo that made Queen Elizabeth say “she’s one of us,” her getting her hair washed on set of Sabrina, her staring into a shop window featuring a mannequin dressed like her, and her waving from an ambulance after breaking her back filming The Unforgiven.
A picture speaks a thousand words, and these 100 photos certainly capture Audrey’s unique beauty, charm, and personality as well as any photo collection could. I loved getting to see set photos from so many of my favorites of her movies — Sabrina, How to Steal a Million, Charade, Funny Face, My Fair Lady, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Love in the Afternoon, War and Peace, etc. — but more than anything, I loved seeing the real Audrey, who seemed every bit as lovely on the inside as she was on the outside.
This collection, which is more of a coffee table photography book, is made up of photos selected by Audrey’s sons Sean Hepburn Ferrer and Luca Dotti and her long-term partner Rob Wolders; the book itself was arranged by Ellen Fontana, the executive director of the Audrey Hepburn Children’s Fund. In Sean’s lovely foreword, we learn that, to Audrey, photographs were not a memento to remember a special moment in time, but rather something to immortalize the hard work that went into being perfect for the camera. The constant barrage of paparazzi photos caused her a great deal of stress, but they were also integral to her image as a style icon. In contrast to the thousands of photos memorializing Audrey’s career, these 100 snapshots are chosen to tell her story, to allow the reader to gain a new perspective on Audrey as a person rather than a performer. While such a collection might be revealing and even disappointing about some other stars, Audrey 100 is a tribute to the fact that Audrey was just as elegant and effervescent offscreen as she was on. She had the most remarkable inner radiance, an electrifying smile, and a carriage full of poise, grace, elegance, character, and expressiveness — so much so that it’s sometimes difficult to believe she was just an ordinary woman.
The 100 photos are in no particular order; it’s more of an assortment akin to a photo album. We get to see Audrey in every stage of her life: as a ballerina, a fashion model, at home, boating, cycling, reading, knitting, traveling, filming movies, spending time with animals, and doing charity work with UNICEF in Africa. Dozens of photographers, all of whom managed to capture their own personality in their photos alongside Audrey’s, are credited throughout the collection, but the majority were taken by her husband Mel Ferrer, Cecil Beaton, Philippe Halsman, Leo Fuchs, Mark Shaw, Pierluigi Praturlon, Douglas Kirkland, and Bob Willoughby, with several exclusive photos from the Audrey Hepburn Estate Collection. Each photo is dated — the years range from her early career in 1951 through her final days in 1992 — and the locations are as varied as the subject matter. Almost all of the photographs are black-and-white, with just a few arresting color photos, and the styles are everything from full-page spreads to tiny Polaroids. The collection ends with a series of captions for each photo, with little commentaries by Sean, Luca, and Rob to give context for the pictures.
If nothing else, Audrey 100 documents how unnaturally photogenic Audrey was, and how everyone who met her couldn’t help falling in love with her. Even her imperfections are beautiful — her crooked teeth, her unusual thinness, her long feet, and everything else just conveys the fact that she’s human… but certainly a more luminous human than most you might see. Her flair as a fashion icon is on full display not just on movie sets and modeling shoots, but even around her house or on family vacations. Her natural beauty is so astonishing that sometimes you can barely tell if she’s wearing makeup or not; it’s incredible to see how little she changed through the years, and some of my favorite photos of her are the ones with her unguarded, unposed expressions. These pictures actually inspired me to be a little more facially expressive in my own photos — she really captivates you with how bold and dazzling her smiles are. I kept a list of my favorite photos in Audrey 100: her receiving a telegram that she’d been voted best actress for The Nun’s Story, her contribution to Philippe Halsman’s “jumpology” photo series, a My Fair Lady photo that made Queen Elizabeth say “she’s one of us,” her getting her hair washed on set of Sabrina, her staring into a shop window featuring a mannequin dressed like her, and her waving from an ambulance after breaking her back filming The Unforgiven.
A picture speaks a thousand words, and these 100 photos certainly capture Audrey’s unique beauty, charm, and personality as well as any photo collection could. I loved getting to see set photos from so many of my favorites of her movies — Sabrina, How to Steal a Million, Charade, Funny Face, My Fair Lady, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Love in the Afternoon, War and Peace, etc. — but more than anything, I loved seeing the real Audrey, who seemed every bit as lovely on the inside as she was on the outside.
September 28, 2020
Beautiful, little insight into the person that was Audrey Hepburn. Style, emotions and more. She was a beautiful person and I’m thankful that her family decided to put a book together of some of their favorite pictures.
March 14, 2018
Beautiful coffee table book put together by her loved ones.
November 13, 2018
Very nice collection of pictures selected by Audrey's family. As an avid collector of books about Audrey, I had seen several of the pictures before but was pleasantly surprised by some new ones.
April 29, 2022
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November 17, 2015
For a fan of the Golden Era in the film industry, I absolutely love starlets such as Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe. Audrey 100 presented such a beautiful collection of personal and published photos of Audrey during her time as a young women of the time. The photos presented are absolutely stunning and show Miss Hepburn in every light, without the touch of makeup or wardrobe, and in some of her happiest and saddest moments. I suggest, for any fan of Audrey Hepburn, to go out and at least take a peak at this book and see for themselves what a stunning women she was and how much emotion she could convey by just being in a photograph.
October 1, 2010
Got an advance copy for review and it's just a stunning visual collection of the 100 'best' photos of Audrey Hepburn. At the back of each book is a glossy 8x10 photograph sleeved within a vellum envelope.
July 18, 2011
Gracious, she was a stunning woman.
August 20, 2011
Library copy. The mostly B&W pictures contained inside the book are outstanding.
March 19, 2025
As an admirer of her films, this sits nicely on my coffee table.
May 23, 2015
Such a beautiful book. I am very proud to own it!
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