Lost Hollywood Contact Sheets Reveal Candid Stars (15 Pics)

Contact sheets have long been a tool of the professional photographer, but they have seldom been seen by the public. Hollywood contact sheets are highly sought by collectors – and with a new book by Karina Longworth, interest in these rare photo sheets from famous films are receiving a whole new level of interest.
Hollywood Frame by Frame: The Unseen Silver Screen in Contact Sheets, 1951-1997 is a collected history of pre-digital age photography. These direct prints show each shot taken during a specific photo session to find that ‘right’ shot for the promotion of a film or celebrity.
The ‘rejected’ photos from any given shoot often managed to capture the more genuine and candid images of the celebrity subjects, especially on classic Hollywood sets after the director had cut a scene.
Collecting hundreds of never before seen contact sheets from classic Hollywood films and legendary actors and actresses, Hollywood Frame By Frame has delivered the voyeuristic feel of these long lost photos to the masses, bringing a fast growing interest to something that was once known to only a loyal group of hobbyists and historians.