Around the World with ‘The Mmm Girl’
17 Thursday Sep 2009
Posted in Art and Photography, Books, Marilyn Monroe, The Mmm Girl, Updates
17 Thursday Sep 2009
Posted in Art and Photography, Books, Marilyn Monroe, The Mmm Girl, Updates
19 Wednesday Aug 2009
Posted in Art and Photography, Books, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction, Periodicals
Life was one of the most popular American magazines of the 20th century, with a strong emphasis on photojournalism. It lives on today as an online photo archive, and occasionally publishes special editions in honour of iconic Americans. During the 1950s and 60s, one of their favourite cover stars was none other than Marilyn Monroe, and this tribute is long overdue. Continue reading
22 Wednesday Apr 2009
Posted in Art and Photography, Film, Marilyn Monroe
Jack Cardiff, the renowned cinematographer, has died aged 94. The son of music hall entertainers, he acted in silent movies as a child. His earliest credits behind the camera were on Wings Of The Morning (1937), the first Technicolor film made in Britain, and a series of public information films during World War II. Continue reading
24 Tuesday Mar 2009
Posted in Art and Photography, Marilyn Monroe
Photographer Joseph Jasgur has died aged 89. Jasgur worked with Marilyn Monroe in 1946. She was then a 19 year-old aspiring model, still known as Norma Jeane Dougherty. Jasgur remembered her as ‘a shy girl, nothing like a typical model…with two sets of clothes – one she had on, and one in the laundry.’ Continue reading
26 Monday May 2008
Posted in Art and Photography, Film, Marilyn Monroe
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Cornell Capa has died in New York, aged 90. The brother of war photographer Robert Capa, he was a distinguished artist in his own right. He used the term ‘concerned photography’ to describe his work, which blurred the line between image and reality. This shot of Marilyn Monroe is a good example – though it appears to catch her off-guard, she was acting in a scene from The Misfits.
As part of the Magnum group, Capa covered a diverse range of subjects, from the Kennedy presidency to the hidden lives of disabled children. You can view his work here
Read his obituary in The Guardian, here
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