Roddy McDowall discusses his book, “Double Exposure, Take Four.” He begins by explaining that his book is a compilation of photographs he has taken of celebrities coupled with essays about them written by other famous people. He talks about his friendships with several people in the book including Elizabeth Taylor, Libby Holman, and Sydney Portier. He talks about the airbrushing and editing that he does to photographs, and how he got celebrities to agree to write about one another. McDowall discusses that he usually uses a Nikon film camera, and shoots film in both color and black and white. He ends the interview by talking about other people he has photographed including Kitty Hart, Morgan Fairchild, and John Travolta.
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