Title: Bert Stern: Original Mad Man Directed by: Shannah Laumeister Starring: Bert Stern, Shannah Laumeister, Twiggy, Allegra Kent, Marilyn Monroe Running time: 89 Minutes, Unrated Special Features: Photo Gallery, Iconic Images, Director Bio Even if you’ve never heard of Bert Stern, you’ve probably seen one of his photographs. Shannah Laumeister directs a love letter to the man who calls her his muse and love of her life by capturing in his own words his thoughts behind the lens. His legal woes involving his photo session with Marilyn Monroe, his techniques to find inspiration for his iconic photographs and history behind them. Bert Stern is one of the most interesting men [ Read More ]
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- 8/13/2013
- by juliana
- ShockYa
Photographer and film-maker who took some of the last shots of Marilyn Monroe
In the summer of 1962 Bert Stern, who has died aged 83, took more than 2,500 photographs of Marilyn Monroe over three sessions held in a Los Angeles hotel. The images captured Monroe in a sometimes pensive but mostly playful mood as she posed nude, variously covered by bedsheets, a chinchilla coat, a stripy Vera Neumann scarf and a pair of chiffon roses. Despite their air of carefree humour, the portraits are inescapably wistful because – along with George Barris's subsequent pictures of Monroe at Santa Monica beach – they are among the last photographs taken of the star. She was found dead at her home several weeks later.
The shoot was for Vogue, which had Stern on a contract that required him to fill 100 fashion pages a year and afforded him an additional 10 pages for personal projects. Stern proposed Monroe as a subject,...
In the summer of 1962 Bert Stern, who has died aged 83, took more than 2,500 photographs of Marilyn Monroe over three sessions held in a Los Angeles hotel. The images captured Monroe in a sometimes pensive but mostly playful mood as she posed nude, variously covered by bedsheets, a chinchilla coat, a stripy Vera Neumann scarf and a pair of chiffon roses. Despite their air of carefree humour, the portraits are inescapably wistful because – along with George Barris's subsequent pictures of Monroe at Santa Monica beach – they are among the last photographs taken of the star. She was found dead at her home several weeks later.
The shoot was for Vogue, which had Stern on a contract that required him to fill 100 fashion pages a year and afforded him an additional 10 pages for personal projects. Stern proposed Monroe as a subject,...
- 7/1/2013
- by Chris Wiegand
- The Guardian - Film News
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