SID AVERY



Sid Avery.  Liz Taylor Sunning Herself, 1955 

Sid Avery. James Dean on the set of 'Giant', 1955

Sid Avery. Jack Linkletter interviewing Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan, 1957

Sid Avery. Audrey Hepburn; On her Bike with Her Famous Dog at Paramount Studios, 1957

Sid Avery. Audrey Hepburn; On her Bike with Her Famous Dog at Paramount Studios, 1957

Sid Avery. Yul Brynner with his Stamp Collection, 1958

Sid Avery. Yul Brynner contemplates a prop knife from his film 'The King and I',1958

Sid Avery. Marlon Brando At Home Listening to Records, 1955

Sid Avery Paul Newman and Joan Woodward at their Beverly Hills Home, 1958

Sid Avery Frank Sinatra at a Capitol Records Recording Session , 1954

Sid Avery. Alfred Hitchcock in his office at Universal Studios, 1957

Sid Avery (1918 – 2002) was an American photographer and director who was best known for capturing the private moments of legendary Hollywood celebrities like Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Marlon Brando, Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn. He founded the Hollywood Photographer's Archive (HPA) and which is know today as mptvimages.com in an effort to preserve the work of the early Hollywood photographers.