"Kirk's Home Away From Home" - John R. Hamilton, Photographer, Indio CA (1970)

We love this photograph of Kirk Douglas at his trailer while filming 'There Was A Crooked Man' in Indio, CA - 1970!   The photographer John Hamilton entitled it ' Kirk's Home Away From Home'.   Well, Kirk has certainly made himself comfortable during his break from filming!

From an Edition of 35, Framed in White. Size: 20x30

Value: $3,375  

Donated from the collection of the John R. Hamilton Archives

The winning bidder will also receive a copy of John Hamilton: Thank Your Lucky Stars, (Little Bear Press, First Edition, January 2003)  This book is no longer in print and is highly collectable. Little Bear is an imprint owned by photographer, Bruce Weber — one of the first to recognize John Hamilton's vast archive of Hollywood photography work.   

His photographs were intimate and sexy... no one captured our heroes in American cinema like he did. He gave us an insider’s view of incredibly private people caught in a special world somewhere between a movie set and home. — Bruce Weber

The John R. Hamilton Lost Archive of rarely or never-seen photographs is one of the greatest collections of Hollywood photography. For over 40 years Hamilton chronicled some 77 movies, photographed 300 magazine covers, and shot hundreds of commercials – over 100,000 era-defining images of the most iconic celebrities from the 1940s to the 1990s. The long list of leading men and women, musical legends, distinguished film directors, and household names Hamilton photographed reads like a “Who’s Who” of Hollywood’s Golden Age.

Previously tucked away in obscurity, the photos showcase film’s most legendary faces in an entirely new light. There’s a strapping, young Clint Eastwood washing his car, Brigitte Bardot cooling her heels, and steely-eyed Steve McQueen looking right down the lens. Other iconic celebrities included John Wayne, Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, Ann-Margret, Elvis, Kirk Douglas, Dean Martin, Natalie Wood and many more.  

By now, their images are etched into the celluloid psyche of millions of people across multiple generations. But Hamilton managed to capture a different, more intimate side to these stars, all with a certain sense of raw sex appeal.

On Friday, February 17 at 11AM in the Annenberg Theater, Ethan Wayne (President of John Wayne Enterprises and John Wayne Cancer Foundation), Laurie Kratochvil (Visual Consultant and former photo editor of Rolling Stone and InStyle magazines), and Amy Shepherd (Executive Director of the John R. Hamilton Archives) to see and hear stories about the uncovered images from behind the scenes and at home with Hollywood legends.  johnhamiltoncollection.com

• Company Name : John R. Hamilton Archives