12mo (6.5 x 6.75 inches). Hardcover in dustjacket. Signed by the important photographer with his name alone to the  titlepage. 144 pp. Text in French. Very fine, in a very fine dj.  Rare. 

Popular Photography called Willoughby "The man who virtually invented the photojournalistic motion picture still.  His big break came when he was assigned by six magazines to photograph Judy Garland during the filming of A Star is Born (1954). Subsequently, he was hired by Warner Brothers to film the extensive "Born in a Trunk" sequence. This was the first time a motion picture studio hired a special or unit photographer to specifically take photographs for sale to magazines. The result was a Life magazine cover featuring a close-up portrait of the pixie-faced singer in costume. It was her second Life cover and his first.

Much of Willoughby's popularity stemmed from his ability to capture film stars in unguarded moments. Director Sydney Pollack said in the introduction to Bob's autobiography: "Sometimes a filmmaker gets a look at a photograph taken on his own set and sees the 'soul' of his film in one still photograph. It's rare, but it happens. It happened to me in 1969, the first time I looked at the work of Bob Willoughby during the filming of They Shoot Horses, Don't They?".

In 1963, Willoughby built the first remote radio-controlled camera for on-set still photography. This led to other innovations that enabled him to take still photographs identical to the film footage. Much of his best work revolved around stars like Audrey Hepburn, Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor or Marlene Dietrich.