American singer, actress and television-personality Cher, rollerskating along Venice Beach in California, 1979 photographed by Douglas Kirkland.
Douglas Kirkland was born in Toronto, Canada. He joined Look Magazine in his early twenties, and later Life Magazine during the golden age of 60’s/70’s photojournalism. Among his assignments were essays on Greece, Lebanon and Japan as well as fashion and celebrity work, photographing Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, and Marlene Dietrich among others.