How many photographers can count Meryl Streep, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Carter, François Truffaut, Nelson Mandela and Louise Bourgeois among their many subjects? New York-based French snapper Brigitte Lacombe displays her vast array of portraits in her new retrospective book "Lacombe anima/persona," out June 30th from STEIDL/dangin.

The hefty, stark 420-page tome showcases images from over more than three decades of toil from 1975-2008. Kevin Kline sports his "Hamlet" makeup from a 1999 production; Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda are caught off duty while filming "9 to 5"; and Bob Dylan hangs out on his California ranch.

And Lacombe¹s settings--everything from the Cannes Film Festival to the Paris Peace Accords--are as diverse as her human models, a product of her deep cultural immersion. Since her early beginnings as an apprentice at Elle, she has worked as a behind-the-scenes photographer on the film sets of directors like Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Mike Nichols and Sam Mendes; been a staff photographer for Lincoln Center Theater for seven years, and shot stories for Conde Nast Traveler.

Talk about range.

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