Born 1925 in New York, American photographer Orlando Suero started snapping photos with the Kodak Jiffy his father gave him in 1939. He later attended NY Institute of Photography and worked at camera shops and photo labs including Compo Photo Color where he printed the images for Edward Steichen’s monumental exhibition, The Family of Man.
One of his first assignments was to spend five days in May 1954 with newlyweds, Jackie and Senator John F. Kennedy at their Georgetown duplex, documenting their everyday lives. This was the beginning of a successful career shooting some of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood, among them Natalie Wood, Brigitte Bardot, Michael Caine, Sharon Tate, Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Jack Nicholson, and Dennis Hopper.
Because of his friendly and unaffected approach, his subjects opened up to him and his camera in a way not many others have been able to accomplish.
Suero died in 2019 at a nursing home in Los Angeles. He was 94. These beautiful photos are part of his work that Orlando Suero took portraits of Sharon Tate in 1966.
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