My Elizabeth

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Friend and acclaimed photographer Zahedi offers a private peek into Taylor's life from 44 into her 70s. Includes the Washington, D.C., years, jaunts in Montauk, New York with Halston and Andy Warhol and intimate photos of her children and stepchildren. There's Taylor making fried chicken, on a boat in Venice, on a trip to Iran. Daily Mail, November 15th, 2016 By 40, Taylor was an icon. Still enchanting men, she was the first actress to shatter Hollywood's notoriously thick glass ceiling: for Cleopatraa film that, ironically, almost bankrupted 20th Century Foxshe was to be paid what was then the astronomical sum of $1 million dollars. Firooz Zahedi's spectacular new book, My Elizabeth, has changed all that. Filled with dazzling images and a wealth of intimate detail, this revealing photographic memoir should be on every coffee table. -- Charles Shyer Vanity Fair, February 16th, 2016 In the photographic memoir My Elizabeth, out March 23, photographer Firooz Zahedi presents a rare glimpse into this lesser-known time of Taylor's life, from age 44 to her death. Over a 35-year friendship with Taylor, Zahedi captured her most private moments on many travels, in her Bel-Air home, and among her famous inner circle: with the Rothschilds, the fashion designer Halston, Michelangelo Antonioni, and her great love Richard Burton. -- Catie L'Heureux, Assistant Editor New York Magazine, The Cut, February 21st, 2016 Photographer Firooz Zahedi's tantalizing new book, My Elizabeth (Glitterati Inc., $75), manages to bring the great lady to life in a way that will make even her most die-hard fans revel in delight and discovery. -- Mayer Rus Architectural Digest, February 1st, 2016 Coming any second from Glitterati Incorporated is photographer Firooz Zahedi's lavish and loving "My Elizabeth," packed with gorgeous, mostly never-seen photos of La Liz, along with a series of essays by Firooz about his long friendship with Taylor. (They met in 1976, while Taylor dallied with Firooz's uncle, Ardeshir Zahedi, the ambassador to Iran.) Firooz's tales and pictures reveal a great deal about the personal, intimate, side of Taylor. That bawdy, earthy, generous woman her friends and family adored. -- Liz Smith NY Social Diary, February 22nd, 2016