This article is also published at Immortal Marilyn Grit and Glamour: Marilyn and Eve Arnold “I have been poor and I wanted to document poverty; I had lost a child and I was obsessed with birth; I was interested in politics and I wanted to know how it affected our lives; I am a woman [...]
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Eve Arnold 1912-2012
Posted in Art and Photography, Film, Marilyn Monroe, tagged Abraham Lincoln, Bement, East of Eden, Eve Arnold, James Joyce, Magnum Photos, Malcolm X, Marilyn Monroe, Marlene Dietrich, The Misfits, Ulysses on January 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
‘Wicked Baby’: A Tale Retold
Posted in Art and Photography, Books, Profumo Affair, Updates, tagged Christine Keeler, James Birch, Mayor Gallery, Profumo Affair, Tara Hanks, Wicked Baby on January 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I was surprised – and flattered – to find my 2004 novella, Wicked Baby, listed in the bibliography to this book which accompanied the 2010 exhibition at London’s Mayor Gallery, Christine Keeler: My Life in Pictures. The catalogue includes photographs of Keeler – the iconic model at the centre of 1963′s Profumo Affair – and [...]
Andrea Arnold’s ‘Wuthering Heights’
Posted in Film, Books, Art and Photography, Fiction, tagged Agatha A, Agatha Nitecka, Andrea Arnold, Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights on November 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Wuthering Heights – the classic novel by Emily Brontё, published in 1848 – was first filmed by William Wyler in the sunny hills of California nearly a century later. The French-born actress, Juliet Binoche, starred in a 1992 remake. There have been several TV adaptations, and non-English versions from Luis Bunuel and Jacques Rivette.
Marilyn’s Photographers: Anthony Beauchamp
Posted in Art and Photography, Marilyn Monroe, tagged Anthony Beauchamp, Immortal Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe on October 10, 2011 | 4 Comments »
This article is also published at Immortal Marilyn Full gallery here Focus on Marilyn: Anthony Beauchamp Tony and Vivienne Anthony Beauchamp Entwistle was born in England towards the end of World War I, in 1917 or 1918. His father was Ernest George Entwistle, who established an art school at St Pancras, London, with the illustrator, J.H, [...]
Marilyn’s Photographers: John Florea
Posted in Art and Photography, Marilyn Monroe, tagged Immortal Marilyn, John Florea, Marilyn Monroe on May 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This article is also published (with full gallery) at Immortal Marilyn John Florea 1916-2000 John Florea (known as ‘Johnny’) was born in Alliance, Ohio in 1916, of Romanian origin. He grew up in Los Angeles.
What’s Good for the Goose…
Posted in Art and Photography, Brighton, tagged Brighton, Cobbler's Thumb, Grafitti, Jekyll, New England Street, Politics, Protest on March 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Angry art for troubled times: found on a wall outside the Cobbler’s Thumb pub, New England Street, Brighton. The (anonymous) rhyme dates from the 17th century, protesting against land enclosure and rural dispossession.
John Vachon: A ‘Lost Look’ at Marilyn
Posted in Art and Photography, Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction, Websites, tagged Animal Haven, Flowers for Marilyn, Immortal Marilyn, John Vachon, Marilyn Monroe, River of No Return on January 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
My profile of photographer John Vachon, whose work with Marilyn Monroe is collected in a new book, Marilyn, August 1953: The Lost ‘Look’ Photos, has been posted on the Immortal Marilyn website. My fellow Immortal Marilyn staffers are currently adding monthly updates for February, so watch out for more new features (articles, reviews, artwork) over [...]
Richard C. Miller 1912-2010
Posted in Art and Photography, Film, Marilyn Monroe, tagged James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Norma Jeane, Richard C. Miller on October 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Richard C. Miller, one of the first photographers to work with the young Marilyn Monroe, has died in a New York hospital of complications from pneumonia. He was 98.
