Tom Cruise's new book on celebrity photography features many recognizable faces and names from the last half-century.
Jonathan Becker: Last Time, compiled by Mark Holborn and published by Biden, Becker shares candid moments and candid portraits of stars, royalty, and artists.
Becker began her career at Vanity Fair in the 1980s and appeared in numerous fashion magazines over the next five decades.
One of the notable photos shows Cruise, 62, sharing a moment with his co-star Jerry Maguire. Cuba Gooding Jr.56 They met in London in 2015, years after Gooding won the Oscar for the 1996 film.
Another revealing photo shows Cruise and his ex-wife, Nicole Kidman, 57, partying at the 2000 Oscars inside Vanity Fair.
Cuba Gooding Jr. and Tom Cruise, Annabelle's, London, 2015
The actor started the night with an Academy Award nomination for his supporting role in the psychological drama Magnolia. He lost to Kevin Spacey, who won for his work on American Beauty.
Kidman looked glamorous in the same gold dress she wore to the festivities, but Becker caught her smoking a cigarette in the Vanity Fair tent, despite California's public smoking ban.
The actress says she has since kicked the habit.
The collection includes a candid black and white photograph of the late artist Jean-Michel Basquiat taken during an event at the Brooklyn Academy of Art.
The 1985 film was shot three years before the neo-expressionist painter died of a heroin overdose, bringing a tragic end to his dizzying career.
Famed heiress and fashion designer Gloria Vanderbilt appears relaxed as she sits for a portrait with the artist at her New York home.
Instead of staring into the camera, as might be expected in such a formal setting, the fashionista sits in a red chair near her red and green fireplace, looking like a reflective red queen.
A full-length portrait of the jean maker's late mother, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, appears over her daughter's shoulder.
Nicole Kidman, Vanity Fair Oscar Party, West Hollywood, 2000
Jean-Michel Basquiat at the opening of Pina Bash at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in October 1985
Gloria Vanderbilt at home, Beekman Place, New York, 2011
Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker-Bowles, Buckingham Palace, London, 2001
Jonathan Becker: Last Time is available in bookstores and online
While photographing a dinner at Buckingham Palace in 2001, Becker spotted a fly on the path.
Parker-Bowles, whom the future king will marry in 2005, is sitting across the table, chatting with a fellow guest, while the royal family appears to be chatting with a woman sitting to her right.
Edited by Mark Holborn, the book also includes photographs of Andy Warhol, Calvin Klein, Léa Seydoux, Frank Sinatra, Gloria Vanderbilt, Peter Beard, Fran Lebovitz, Arthur Miller, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cindy Sherman, Andre Leon Daly, and Corey Vidal. Vreeland and David Bowie et al.
Jonathan Becker: Last Time is available in bookstores and online.
