BERT STERN (1929-2013)
Marilyn Monroe, Collage
Print in Colors
9 1/4" x 11 3/4"
Bert Stern was an American photographer best known for his iconic portraits of Marilyn Monroe. With a photo shoot that took place in 1962 just weeks before the actressâ€â„¢ death, Stern later compiled his image into the photobook Marilyn Monroe: The Complete Last Sitting, first published in 1982. Born on October 3, 1929 in Brooklyn, NY, Stern taught himself how to take photographs as a youth. Over the course of his career, Stern changed the landscape of fashion and advertising photography by creating dynamic, stand-alone images that no longer existed simply to serve the text. He emerged alongside Richard Avedon, Mark Shaw, and Irving Penn as a pioneer of this new, confrontational style. Stern died at the age of 83 on June 26, 2013 in New York, NY. Notable exhibitions of his work include â€Å“I Wanna Be Loved By You: Photographs of Marilyn Monroeâ€Â shown at the Brooklyn Museum of Art and â€Å“The Last Sittingâ€Â at the Musée Maillol in Paris.

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