The more than 2,500 shots that make up this monumental classic tribute to actress Marilyn Monroe were taken by renowned fashion photographer Bert Stern over the course of a three-day sitting-the last time Marilyn would pose in front of a camera. Six weeks later, the actress was found dead in her home. Even despite the ominous facts surrounding this sitting, the images it produced project a haunting, almost dreamlike quality unlike any photographs ever taken of the starlet. In front of the camera, Marilyn was known to ...
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The more than 2,500 shots that make up this monumental classic tribute to actress Marilyn Monroe were taken by renowned fashion photographer Bert Stern over the course of a three-day sitting-the last time Marilyn would pose in front of a camera. Six weeks later, the actress was found dead in her home. Even despite the ominous facts surrounding this sitting, the images it produced project a haunting, almost dreamlike quality unlike any photographs ever taken of the starlet. In front of the camera, Marilyn was known to possess an incredible chameleon-like ability to transform herself into whatever role she was meant to play. In these pages she is goddess, siren, child, woman, femme fatale and dream date. Yet there is an air of desperation about these photos as well. In his fascinating foreword to the book. Bert Stern looks back on that momentous sitting, offering a revealing, naked portrait of Marilyn the person -- of a vulnerable, confused woman who although at the apex of her career, had relinquished control of her life -- and of the fashion world of the early 1960s, with its new openness towards drugs, sex, and art. From the glamorous, sophisticated photos which Vogue would publish in a black-and-white "memorial" spread, to the less restrained color shots which Stern coaxed out of Marilyn during an intense, exhausting session, this collection covers nearly every aspect of modern photography: portraiture, fashion-driven, erotic, and artistic. But more than a comprehensive display of Stern's immeasurable talents, these photographs combine to create an homage to America's first goddess. A woman we invented, but whom we could never really know.
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Add this copy of Marilyn Monroe. the Complete Last Sitting. Text in to cart. $272.08, very good condition, Sold by LLU- BOOKSERVICE ANTIQUARIAN rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wahlstedt, S-H, GERMANY, published 1992 by Schirmer/Mosel.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Annie Gottlieb ist freiberufliche Schriftstellerin mit dem Schwerpunkt Psychologie. Sie arbeitet für viele Zeitschriften, unter anderem Mirabella, McCall's, die New York Times Book Review sowie die New York Times. Dieses buch führt einen in ein heiligtum und ich hatte beim ersten anschauen das gefühl einer zu sein der dinge sieht, die ihn eigentlich nichts angehen. in keinem anderen buch kommt man marilyn so nahe wie in diesem. man spürt das nahe ende, denn bert stern hat diese photoserie wenige tage vor ihrem tod aufgenommen und marilyn wirkt zerstört und ist nicht wirklich mehr teil dieser welt. (wenn sie das überhaupt je war...) Den zuschauer erwarten sämtliche kontaktbögen des "last sittings" und ausgewählte vergrößerungen in schwarz-weiß oder bunt. interessant sind die zerstörungen, die marilyn auf den kontakten hinterlassen hat. einige sind mit rotem stift durchgestrichen und andere mit einem cutter zerstört worden. schon das hat diese bilder zu visuellen klassikern gemacht. kaufen! Zusatzinfo 2658 Fotos, davon 372 farb. Maße 320 x 280 mm Gewicht 4035 g Einbandart gebunden Fotografen/-innen Fotografinnen Fotograf Fotografin Monroe, Marilyn Bildband Stern, Bert ISBN-10 3-88814-196-6 / 3888141966 ISBN-13 978-3-88814-196-6 / 9783888141966.
Add this copy of Marilyn Monroe. the Complete Last Sitting. Text in to cart. $447.28, very good condition, Sold by LLU- BOOKSERVICE ANTIQUARIAN rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wahlstedt, S-H, GERMANY.
Add this copy of Marilyn Monroe: the Complete Last Sitting to cart. $700.00, very good condition, Sold by Princeton Antiques Bookservice rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Atlantic City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1982 by SCHIRMER MOSEL.
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VERY GOOD. JACKET: VERY GOOD DJ. 11.5 X 13. TEXT IN GERMAN pictorial slipcase 2586 Photographien, davon 372 in Farbe, 464 Seiten, GroBformat; Text in German. Slipcase Condition: Good, pictorial covers, foot of spine torn, top edge age-toned, age-toned extremities, bumped edges, rubbed covers, lightly chipped corners. Book Condition: Very good, light shelf wear, head and tail of spine tanned, good binding, clean body and unmarked text. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+, age-toned, head of spine creased and torn, lightly rubbed extremities, light edge/corner wear. Oversized book, additional postage may be required. _PAB_
