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Douglas Kirkland was born in Toronto, Canada. He joined Look magazine in his early 20s and went on to work for Life during the golden age of '60s and '70s photojournalism. His assignments included photo-essays on Greece, Japan and Lebanon as well as fashion and celebrity work with such stars as Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor.

Through the years, Kirkland has worked on the sets of more than 100 motion pictures, including 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Australia (2008), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), Moulin Rouge! (2001), Out of Africa (1985) and Titanic (1997). His many books include the best-selling James Cameron's Titanic (HarperCollins, 1997) and Freeze Frame (Glitterati, 2007), a decade-by-decade look of a half-century spent behind the scenes in the entertainment industry.

Kirkland's fine-art photography has been exhibited all over the world and is included in the permanent collections of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Beverly Hills, CA), Annenberg Space for Photography (Los Angeles), Eastman House (Rochester, NY), Houston Center for Photography, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC), National Portrait Gallery (Canberra, Australia), and National Portrait Gallery (London).

His presentation is hosted by MPS Digital Photography and Canon USA.