I Shot The Cover Girl Trivia Quiz

Answer: Patrick Lichfield

Patrick Lichfield was the 5th Earl of Lichfield and cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. He started his photography career in 1962 as a £3 a week photography assistant. At various times he worked for most of the top magazines including "Vogue" and "Life". In 1981 he took the official wedding photographs of Prince Charles and Princess Diana.

Answer: David Bailey

David Bailey was born in London in 1938. Leaving school with virtually no qualifications he started as a photography studio dogsbody before rising to fame in the "Swinging 60s". During that period he photographed everyone from rock stars such as the Rolling Stones and The Beatles, to celebrity gangsters such as the Kray twins.

He had a four year relationship with model Jean Shrimpton, during which time she became one of the best known and highest paid models in the world.

Answer: Cecil Beaton

As well as being a society photographer, Beaton was also an acclaimed film and stage costume designer. He won the Academy Award for Costume Design for "Gigi" and "My Fair Lady". During the war years he was seconded to the Ministry of Information and took photographs of the effect of the Blitz on everyday Londoners.

In June 1937 he travelled to France to take the official wedding photographs of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.

Answer: Alberto Korda

Taken in 1960 Alberto Korda's portrait has become the iconic image of the young revolutionary. Che Guevara was involved in Castro's take over of Cuba, and played a major role in Cuba after the revolution. He trained the troops who resisted the Bay Of Pigs invasion, and was heavily involved with the Soviet missiles, whose transportation to Cuba prompted the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.

He was executed in Bolivia in 1967.

Answer: Andy Warhol himself

In addition to his well known "pop culture" images of soup cans and Marilyn Monroe, Andy Warhol was a prolific photographer who took many self portraits. His 1986 self portrait, which depicts him with wild hair and is coloured completely red, hangs in the Tate.

Answer: Jacqueline Kennedy

As one of the youngest and most fashion-conscious First Ladies America had seen, Jackie Kennedy attracted as much attention as her husband. Mark Shaw, a noted fashion photographer, was chosen to take her first official photographs. Everything she wore was scrutinised, and the pill box hats she often wore became highly fashionable.

She remained a beautiful, elegant lady to the end of her life. Mark Shaw took many more photographs of her, John Kennedy and their children, and several of these were published in a 1964 book.

Answer: Annie Leibovitz

That "Vanity Fair" cover caused a sensation. It was widely discussed in the media and was seen as everything from exhibitionism to empowerment. Some shops even put brown paper covers over it to avoid offending customers, whilst others refused to sell it at all.

Answer: Marilyn Monroe

Taken as a still shot from the filming of "The Seven Year Itch" this photograph is recognised all over the world, and is possibly the most famous Marilyn Monroe picture ever taken. It has been recreated by look-a-likes, impersonators and admirers countless times.

Answer: Martin Luther King

Howard Sochurek joined "Life" in 1950 and was with them for two decades working all over the world. In Korea he went behind the lines to take pictures of troops in action, and he covered the fall of the French garrison at Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam. He was one of the first to use computers to enhance or amend photographs.

Answer: Audrey Hepburn

The press shot from "Breakfast at Tiffany's" showing an elegant Audrey Hepburn holding a very long cigarette holder is one of the best known images of her.
Audrey Hepburn was a trained ballerina, and had virtually no acting experience when she starred in the stage version of "Gigi" (1951). By the time she made "My Fair Lady" she was commanding a $1 million fee, only the third actor do so.