Bert Stern (1929–2013)

Bert Stern, the famous commercial and fashion photographer of the 60s, was the last to be granted a sitting by Marilyn Monroe six weeks before her tragic death. The three-day session yielded nearly 2,600 pictures--fashion, portrait, and nude studies--of indescribable sensual and human vibrancy, of which no more than 20 were published. And yet these few photographs ineradicably shaped our image of Marilyn Monroe. This book presents the complete set of 2,571 photos. The monumental body of work show more by the master photographer and the Hollywood actress marks a climax in the history of star photography, both in quantity and quality. It is a unique affirmation of the erotic dimension of photography and the eroticism of taking photos, and it is the world's finest and largest tribute to Marilyn Monroe. show less

Despite some slightly creepy passages from the photographer, this book is extraordinary. The photos are magical.

She was so beautiful , serene, lovely in this last collection of Photo's--shortly before she was killed.
An Icon , that will never be equaled --only one Monroe.

Estamos em 1962. Pouco antes da sua morte, Marilyn Monroe concorda fazer uma (última) sessão de fotografias com Bert Stern, um fotógrafo de renome, habituado a fotografar as grandes estrelas da época. O encontro está marcado para o Bel-Air Hotel, em Los Angeles, e Marilyn chega com cinco horas de atraso. Seguem-se 12 horas de sessão fotográfica, em que Marilyn, pouco maquilhada e despida, se entrega totalmente à câmara e inflamando no fotógrafo uma paixão romântica. Ao analisar o show more resultado deslumbrante da sessão, a Vogue, pede para se fazerem mais fotografias, desta vez com mais roupas e maquilhagem. Marilyn concorda e volta a posar para Bert Stern. Marilyn morreria poucos dias antes de as suas fotografias serem publicadas. show less