American Icons
A new exhibit celebrates Lawrence Schiller’s most unforgettable photographs—from Lee Harvey Oswald’s arrest to O.J.’s acquittal, RFK’s cat nap to Marilyn’s skinny dip. View a gallery.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.
Marilyn Monroe and her acting coach Paula Strasberg in California, 1962.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.
Marilyn Monroe on the set of her final film, the unfinished “Something's Got to Give," May 1962.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.
Joe DiMaggio and Joe DiMaggio Jr. at Marilyn Monroe’s funeral, August 8, 1962.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.
Bobby Kennedy, campaigning in 1968.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.
Bobby Kennedy, 1968.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, 1967.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.
Robert Redford and Paul Newman on the set of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," Mexico, 1968.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.
Barbra Streisand, London, 1968.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.
Barbra Streisand from the film “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever."
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.
Muhammad Ali defeats Floyd Patterson in Las Vegas, November 1965.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.
Richard Nixon campaigns for governor in California, 1962. He lost.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.
United States Marines, Coronado, California, 1963.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.
Lee Harvey Oswald, following his arrest, at a Dallas police station, November 22, 1963.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.
Oswald’s gun at a Dallas police station, November 23, 1963.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.
The Jackson Five, Los Angeles, 1969.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.
Paula Prentiss and Elliott Gould for Playboy, 1970.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.
Tuesday Weld for LIFE magazine, Los Angeles, 1963.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.
OJ Simpson runs past UCLA, 1967.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.
OJ Simpson, shortly after his acquittal, watching the Los Angeles DA claim that OJ was a murderer, 1995.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.
Photographer Lawrence Schiller with model Joan Staley, for Playboy, July 1958.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.
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