Parachuting In
“I loved the adventure of parachuting into some event or someone’s life and being able to tell a story in a few pages of a publication.
It was exciting moving from one moment to another.”
- Lawrence Schiller
A family of Giraffes welcome a new visitor, courtesy of FAO Schwarz toy store, to the Central Park Zoo in New York City. Photographed for the Saturday Evening Post
Photo: New York, New York, 1964
Tippi Hedren and Alfred Hitchcock on the 101 freeway in Los Angeles during the filming of The Birds. Photographed for Paris Match magazine.
Photo: Los Angeles, California, 1962
Late afternoon at the bar of the Stardust Motel in Mission Bay.
Photo: Mission Bay, California, 1963
A different view of several swimwear models. Photographed for The Saturday Evening Post.
Photo: Palm Springs, California, 1963
The USA Olympic trials in water polo. Photographed for Sport magazine.
Photo: Los Angeles, California, 1963
Swimsuit models as they are overrun by a group of US Marines from Camp Pendleton on Armed Forces Day. Photographed for The Saturday Evening Post.
Photo: San Diego, California, 1963
Mud-covered US Marines from Camp Pendleton train for combat in Vietnam. Photographed for Paris Match magazine.
Photo: Coronado, California, 1963
A nighttime barbecue at Paradise Cove. Photographed for The Saturday Evening Post.
Photo: Paradise Cove, California, 1963
A fashion model lays on the pool deck of a Richard Neutra home. Photographed for The Saturday Evening Post.
Photo: Hancock Park, Los Angeles, California, 1963
Julie Newmar, in costume as 'Stupefyin' Jones,' and other cast members from Li'l Abner. Photographed for Life magazine.
Photo: Los Angeles, California, 1959
The Jackson Five visit the Pacific Ocean for the first time. Photographed for The New York Times magazine.
Photo: Paradise Cove, Southern California, 1969
The Jackson Five visit the Pacific Ocean for the first time. Photographed for The New York Times magazine.
Photo: Paradise Cove, Southern California, 1969
As the sun rises at Edwards Air Force Base, NASA tests a paraglider . Photographed for Paris Match magazine
Photo: Edwards Air Force Base, Southern California, 1962
Stuntman Rod Pack (in red) films a sky diver as he hangs from the strut of plane in flight during the filming of an episode of the television show Ripcord. Photographed for Life magazine.
Photo: Arvin, California, 1965
From the wings of the theater, Carrie Fisher patiently watches her mother, Debbie Reynolds, as she performs her cabaret act at the Riviera Hotel. Photographed for The Saturday Evening Post.
Photo: Las Vegas, Nevada, 1963
Tuesday Weld on a beach in Malibu for the cover of Life magazine.
Photo: Malibu, California, 1963
Tuesday Weld on Sunset Boulevard. Photographed for Life magazine.
Photo: Hollywood, California, 1963
On a street in Burbank, Frank Inn, one of Hollywood’s finest animal trainers, is seen working out with Lassie. Photographed for The Saturday Evening Post magazine.
Photo: Los Angeles, California, 1963
Actress Bette Davis, on the occasion of moving into her new home in Bel Air. Photographed for Paris Match magazine.
Photo: Bel Air, California, 1963
Jack Lemmon in the den of his home in Beverly Hills. Photographed for Life magazine.
Photo: Beverly Hills, California, 1961
British actor Terence Stamp during the filming of Blue. Photographed for the Tatler magazine.
Photo: Moab, Utah, 1967
Actors Paula Prentiss and Elliott Gould, doing some PR while filming the motion picture MOVE. Photographed for Playboy magazine
Photo: Los Angeles, California, 1970
Dennis Hopper, during the filming of the documentary The American Dreamer.
Photo: Taos, New Mexico, 1970
Antony Armstrong-Jones, the 1st Earl of Snowdon, making a list of his images during the setting up of his exhibition of photographs. Photographed for Camera Press.
Photo: St. Louis, Missouri, 1974
James Stewart and Spencer Tracy at Clark Gable's funeral. Photographed for Paris Match magazine.
Photo: Los Angeles, California, 1960
Robert Mitchum during the filming of Five Card Stud. Photographed for 20th Century Fox Studios.
Photo: Durango, Mexico, 1968
Walt Disney, at Disneyland, surrounded by some of the characters his studio created. Photographed for The Saturday Evening Post.
Photo: Anaheim, California, 1964
Goofy takes a group of children for a spin in a teacup ride at Disneyland. Photographed for The Saturday Evening Post.
Photo: Anaheim, California, 1964
Backstage at Disneyland, a time to review the morning newspaper while taking a little rest. Photographed for The Saturday Evening Post.
Photo: Anaheim, California, 1964
Sebastian Cabot, the voice of Bagheera, Bruce Reitherman, the voice of Mowgli, and Phil Harris, the voice of Baloo record the sound track for Disney's motion picture, Jungle
Book. Photographed for The Saturday Evening Post.
Photo: Burbank, California. 1964
Visitors to Disneyland, inside a submarine, view a scuba diver swimming with a sea turtle. Photographed for The Saturday Evening Post.
Photo: Anaheim, California, 1964
A Disney animator helps Mickey Mouse take a little dip in the studio’s pond. Photographed for The Saturday Evening Post.
Photo: Burbank, California. 1964
F. Lee Bailey, Patty Hearst’s defense attorney, in his hotel suit, preparing to defend his client in San Francisco for her role in the robbery of a bank with the Symbionese Liberation Army,. Photographed for Time magazine.
Photo: San Francisco, California, 1976
F. Lee Bailey, Patty Hearst’s defense attorney, on his way to court in San Francisco during his defense of Hearst. Photographed for Time magazine.
Photo: San Francisco, California. 1976
On the eve of the verdict in the trial of Patty Hearst, Time magazine prepares it’s cover. Photographed for Time magazine.
Photo: San Francisco, California, 1976
Hannes Keller, a Swiss deep diving pioneer, off the coast of California in 1962, reaching a depth of 1,000 feet in open ocean. Peter Small, seen bottom right, died of nitrogen narcosis after the ascent. Photographed for The Saturday Evening Post magazine.
Photo: Catalina, California. 1962
In the 1960s, art painted on the walls of buildings all over Southern California began appear. On one wall in Santa Monica an artist forecasts the future results of climate change. Photographed for the New York Times magazine.
Photo: Santa Monica, California, 1966
An anonymous committee convenes in the library of Swedish Hospital to decide who will receive an artificial kidney and who will not when the medical devises were at a premium. Photographed for Life magazine.
Photo: Seattle, Washington, 1962
Convicted smuggler Frank C. Weatherman answers questions from reporters as he leaves Alcatraz, the last prisoner to do so before the facility was permanently closed. Photographed for The Saturday Evening Post.
Photo: Alcratraz, San Francisco, California, 1963
Tourists, guided by Georgie White, grabbing onto their rafts while traveling down the Colorado river. Photographed for Life magazine.
Photo: Colorado River, Nevada, 1961
Tourists, guided by Georgie White, float down the Colorado River in rafts. Photographed for Life magazine.
Photo: Colorado River, Nevada, 1961
Astronaut Bob White greets his son after completing his historic flight, man's first journey into space in a conventional winged aircraft.
Photo: Edwards Air Force Base, California, 1962
Joe Walker in the cockpit of an X-15. Photographed for Paris Match magazine.
Photo: Edwards Air Force Base, California, 1962
Ground personnel rest under the shadow of an XB-70 Valkyrie experimental bomber. Photographed for Life magazine.
Photo: Palmdale, California, 1965.
An X-14 experimental aircraft during a vertical landing at Los Angeles International Airport. Photographed for Paris Match magazine.
Photo: Inglewood, California, 1962
Two beachgoers examine a model of the LEM placed on a California beach for a photo essay in Paris Match magazine.
Photo: Santa Monica, California, 1962
The Kilgore College Rangerettes, an American precision dance team from Kilgore College in Texas, originally formed by Gussie Nell Davis in 1939. Photographed for The Saturday Evening Post.
Photo: Kilgore, Texas, 1964
Additional photographs available upon request. Email Lawrence Schiller.