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Photo by Guy Bourdin 1963

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Juliette Binoche photographed by Robert Doisneau, Paris, 1991.

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Elizabeth Taylor, c.1956

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Marlon Brando In Apocalypse Now 1979

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Marilyn Monroe photographed by Frank Powolny in the “White Fur” sitting (1953).

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Sharon Tate

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Jane Fonda

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Sharon Tate

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Natalie Wood

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Pink Floyd’s 8th studio album was released in the US on 1 March 1973 (and in the UK on 2 weeks later).

Recorded in 2 studio sessions in May 1972 and March 1973, recording engineer Alan Parsons utilized state-of-the-art studio techniques of the time, including 16-track recording and mixing. Parsons also brought in Clare Torry to provide vocals on “The Great Gig in the Sky.”

Storm Thorgerson (and his company Hipgnosis) designed the album jacket, under the direction of Richard Wright, and once again (for the 3rd straight release) provided no mention of the band or band photos on the outside packaging, to the displeasure of the record company.

The album was an immediate success, however, selling more than 500,000 in the US within the first month. It topped the US chart for 1 week in the US (28 April 1973) and has gone on to sell more than 45 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all-time.

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Grace Kelly for LIFE, by Philippe Halsman, 1955.

For LIFE cover story, April 11, 1955, Grace Kelly is wearing the ineffable gown designed by Edith Head that she wore to the 1955 Academy Awards, which has become an icon of luxury chic and elegance for all time. Paris Match cover, May 14, 1955. 

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Brigitte Bardot at a sculptor’s studio, 1957

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Paul & Linda McCartney 1975

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Photo by Robert Doisneau

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Romy Schneider and Alain Delon in ‘La Piscine’, 1969, dir. Jacques Deray

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Elizabeth Taylor on the set of "Suddenly last summer". London. UK. June 1959. By Burt Glinn

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 US actress Elizabeth Taylor on the set of "Suddenly last summer". London. UK. June 1959.  By Burt Glinn