Lawrence Schiller’s Followers (22)

Lawrence Schiller

Born

in New York City , The United States

December 28, 1936

Genre

Arts & Photography

edit data

The ubiquitous Lawrence Schiller was born in 1936 in Brooklyn, and grew up in San Diego. After graduating from Pepperdine College, he went to work for Life magazine and the Saturday Evening Post as a photojournalist. His photographic abilities, both technical and artistic, laid the foundation for what has become nothing less than an astonishing career.

Schiller first made his name by photographing popular culture icons such as Sophia Loren, Richard Nixon, Timothy Leary, O.J. Simpson, James Earl Jones, Barbara Streisand, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Joe DiMaggio, and Clint Eastwood, just to name a few.

He moved easily through contrasting public worlds, developing stories for Life magazine while shooting nude ph ...more

Combine Editions
Lawrence Schiller’s books

Average rating: 3.67 · 5,602 ratings · 417 reviews · 41 distinct works • Similar authors

	Perfect Murder, Perfect Town : The Uncensored Story of the JonBenet Murder and the Grand Jury's Search for the Final Truth 3.67 avg rating — 3,728 ratings — published 1999 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American Tragedy by Lawrence Schiller, James Willwerth 3.89 avg rating — 581 ratings — published 1996 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cape May Court House: A Death in the Night 3.40 avg rating — 325 ratings — published 2002 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marilyn & Me: A Photographer's Memories 3.58 avg rating — 268 ratings — published 2012 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Into the Mirror: The Life of Master Spy Robert P. Hanssen by Lawrence Schiller, Norman Mailer 3.37 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 2002 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Presumed Guilty: An Investigation into the Jon Benet Ramsey Case, the Media, and the Culture of Pornography 3.69 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 1999 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Killing of Sharon Tate : The Exclusive Story by Susan Atkins 3.33 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1970 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenet and the City of Boulder 3.80 avg rating — 25 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: The Uncensored Story Of The Jonbenet Murder And The Grand Jury's Search For The Truth 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Мерилин Монро & Америка през 60-те години really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Lawrence Schiller…

Quotes by Lawrence Schiller (?)

“Evils that befall the world are not nearly so often caused by bad men as they are by good men who are silent when an opinion must be voiced.”
― Lawrence Schiller, Perfect Murder, Perfect Town : The Uncensored Story of the JonBenet Murder and the Grand Jury's Search for the Final Truth

3 likes

“it wasn't uncommon... that such a girl might die young, but this girl had stayed alive long enough to make her mark, to take up residence in his imagination. to haunt him. now, through her, he mourns and celebrates everything that life has denied him, all the beauty, all the magic. this is how it happens: the dead go away into their solitude, but the young dead stay with us, they color our dreams, they make us wonder about ourselves, that we should be so unlucky, or clumsy, or so downright ordinary as to carry on without them.”
― Lawrence Schiller

2 likes

“have lifted the window-well grate and climbed through the broken window to the basement and still leave a”
― Lawrence Schiller, Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: The Uncensored Story of the JonBenet Murder and the Grand Jury's Search for the Truth

1 likes

See all Lawrence Schiller's quotes »

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
Obsessed with Tru...: JonBenet	11	90	Feb 21, 2012 06:01AM
Nothing But Readi...: New 2 U authors 2018	127	365	Feb 06, 2019 10:50AM
WACKY READING CHA...: The Show Must Go On	289	203	Nov 08, 2025 03:02PM

More…

Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Lawrence to Goodreads.