A goddess revealed: Intimate portrait of Liz Taylor at 24 seen for the first time

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: Daily Mail

Countless photographs have paid homage to Liz Taylor’s fabulous figure. But none has been so revealing as this.

A private collector has released the only known picture of the star – then aged 24 – posing nude. It is understood to be the first time the photo has been shown publicly.

It was an engagement gift from Miss Taylor to producer Michael Todd, who was her third husband.

The picture was taken by one of her closest friends, actor and photographer Roddy McDowall. He persuaded her to pose naked by promising her it would be done tastefully.



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1372513/Elizabeth-Taylors-nude-portrait-24-seen-time.html

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The pic is at the link. NOT work appropriate.

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. So nice to remember that emanciated is not the norm for beautiful women.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. She is beautiful. Just beautiful.

[formercia]

3. ..and that's going on her third husband.

wow.....

[medeak]

8. 3rd husband at age 24?

good grief...have better photos of self in vault my poor sons will be traumatized by.

[formercia]

15. ................and 2 kids...

She recovered well.

[Sherman A1]

4. Excellent photo

Thanks for posting.

[20score]

5. Wow. Flawless.

[FLPanhandle]

6. No wonder men were lining up to marry her

Nice.

[Trajan]

7. Hello Miss B ....

Good to see you hanging out ..... We need to meet up soon ....

She was so pretty ..... She had an amazing aura-like presence about her ... One of the most beautiful women I have ever seen ... Thanks Viva

RIP Elizabeth ....

[Viva_La_Revolution]

14. hi!

:hug:

[Scuba]

9. Just another skinny girl. n/t

[wisteria]

10. She was one of a kind. I will miss not hearing about her any longer. n/t

[PoliticAverse]

11. HOAX: The photo is not of Liz Taylor...

It can bee seen in the book "Classic Nude Photography - Techniques and Images" by
Peter Gowland and Alice Gowland.

You can see it online at google books here (NSFW):
http://books.google.com/books?id=O6WrvYjhAdQC&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&dq=lee+evans+gowland&source=bl&ots=dncbugS1D6&sig=Csl8vuLsOzQrslf4JZVse0ZjzZc&hl=en&ei=R9CWTbbKIsPA0QHe9oj8Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

It can also be seen on the Peter Gowland website (scroll halfway down, row 5b)(NSFW):

http://www.petergowland.com/Studio1.html

The model is identified as "Lee Evans".

[bleever]

13. Hoax or April Fool's joke,

but it sure looks like you're right.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

17. I guess I was snookered

I'll ask the mods to lock. thanks

on edit: from your link.. "On a sad note, we feel that our filing system is good and we rarely lose or misplace a negative. This one is the unfortunate exception; it has been missing for years."

Uh oh

on second thought, maybe we should leave this thread open.

[FarLeftFist]

18. Don't feel bad, a giant news outlet was snookered too apparently.

[PoliticAverse]

20. I think...

"snookered" is what happens to you when you pay Snookie $32,000 to give a speech.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x796721

I thought the "missing for years" comment in the book was interesting.

The photography book was published in 2001, and the picture has apparently been on the Internet
identified as being Elizabeth Taylor in the past. He named the model in the book and discussed
how the photograph happened. He would have to have been lying about all that and gotten the
photo from someone else for it to have been Taylor.

If any more information becomes available on the history of this matter I'll make a followup post.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

19. the story is everywhere on the net, in over 10 languages...

they all started showing up about 17 hours ago, but I haven't found a true source yet.

edit: found this..
Taylor Undressed
WWW.BAUER-GRIFFIN.COMI had always understood that the love of her life was Richard Burton, but a photogrpaph convinced me that Elizabeth Taylor's greatest passion was producer Michael Todd.In 1956, Michael Todd was riding high. A former Hollywood sound stage carpenter, Todd was now preparing to shoot some of the biggest films ever on those same stages following the astounding success of his second production, Around the World in 80 Days. The blockbuster hit of 1956 was still playing in theaters a year later and would soon win Todd the coveted Oscar for Best Picture.The 70mm wide-screen process he had pioneered for that film, Todd-AO, was on the verge of becoming the premiere format for spectaculars produced at 20th Century Fox and elsewhere. And to top it all off, Mike Todd was engaged to the most beautiful woman in the world, Elizabeth Taylor.Todd loved Taylor, but Taylor worshipped Todd. This mysterious photograph, the only nude studio portrait ever made of Elizabeth Taylor was shot by Roddy McDowall. Among her closest friends - they had begun as child stars together - the openly gay McDowall was a celebrated photographer (Double Exposure) who specialized in unveiling the mysteries of the Hollywood legends in his circle. Here he outdid himself by portraying the glamorous goddess, stripped kneeling naked in an act of devotion to the love of her life. I was told the alluring image was presented by Taylor to Todd as an engagement present. On February 2, 1957, they were married.But Michael Todd's happiness was short-lived, He was headed for a fall - literally.Just 13 months later, on March 22, 1958, he was killed when his private plane, ironically named "The Lucky Liz", crashed in a blizzard near Albuquerque, New Mexico.Devastated, Elizabeth gave the photograph to her assistant and makeup artist, Peggy "Midge" Taylor. The photo passed to Peggy's son, Vance Tim Taylor, (a movie extra), who sold it to Jim Shaudis, in 1980.The photograph has never been displayed in public has hung in the boudoir of a private home since 1988.The owner is now happy to share this remarkable image with the world, which proves a goddess undressed is eve more divine!Job 100825F1EXCLUSIVE, Los Angeles CA August 25 2010www.bauergriffin.comwww.bauergriffinonline.com

http://hr.profimedia.com/picture/taylor-undressed/0091823129/

[Liberal_in_LA]

22. Off topic - nice attached article about Michael Buble & wife helping children in Africa rather than

lavish honeymoon. Nice

[ZombieHorde]

12. That is exactly how I look when I am naked. nt

[lutefisk]

21. Man-boobs? I hear ya....n/t

[blackspade]

16. OOPS!

Too bad it's a hoax.