one of those men was peter stackpole and we talked to him about his life and work. >> reporter: when the golden gate and bay bridges were being built a 21-year-old photographer named peter stackpole was the first cameraman to climb up the towers and show what it looked like. stackpole became known as the man who would go anywhere to get a picture, even underwater. life magazine hired him and sent him to hollywood where he came bun of the best and most popular photographers of the stars. >> reporter: he could do all of that stuff, i gathered. >> that was from his famous yacht and they raised me up and came up below. that is alfred hitchcock from home and he said get a picture of an englishman on eye cold, winter night. >> reporter: this guy is one of my heroes, orson welles. >> that is liz taylor on the m gm lot. >> reporter: was shirley temple a bright child? >> her mother coached her every night on her lines and she was devoted to her mother. >> reporter: marlena she was tough? >> she was tough on photographers. she wanted control on the lighting and where you would be in relation t