The Frank Worth Collection
Frank Worth was a friend and confidant to many of Hollywood’s elite. His personal
relationships and loyalty to the stars he candidly shot kept him from publishing
his images. Consequently, only a few of his extraordinary photographs were seen
during his lifetime.
Worth made a modest living as a freelance photographer in Hollywood during the 1940’s
and 50’s, at a time when most photographers were constrained by the powerful studio
system. However, Worth used his personal relationships to sidestep these restrictions,
permitting him to capture the greatest collection of intimate images and candid
shots to ever be produced from that period, capturing the glamour and with it a
piece of cinema history with each blink of his shutter.
As a result of the unique content that Frank was able to capture through his lens,
his ground breaking photos represent a truly unique and valuable piece of American
pop-culture history as it’s most iconic heroes. The collection was appraised at
$18.7 million dollars in 2010 by Christie’s of London, making it one of the most
desirable collectible catalogues of the recent years.