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Tag Archives: Bert Stern

That Magic Click: Douglas Kirkland and Marilyn

19 Thursday Jan 2023

Posted by marina72 in Art and Photography, Film, Marilyn Monroe

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Angelina Jolie, Bert Stern, Bob Beerman, Canada, Coco Chanel, Douglas Kirkland, Elizabeth Taylor, Eve Arnold, Judy Garland, Look Magazine, Marilyn Monroe, Michelle Williams, Milton Greene, Niagara, Pat Newcomb

Photo by Tim Mantoani

Douglas Morley Kirkland was born in 1934 in Toronto, and moved to the small town of Fort Erie, Ontario with his parents when he was three years old. His father, Morley, was a tailor who made and sold men’s suits from a store on Jervis Street, and his mother Evelyn kept the books.

“The first picture I took was with a Brownie box camera,” Douglas told American History magazine. “I was about seven or eight, and I was allowed to take a photo of my family standing at the front door on a very cold Christmas Day. It was a big deal to take a photo at that time because film wasn’t much available during the Second World War. There were eight exposures on that camera, and I had one opportunity to photograph my family. I pushed this box camera into my stomach to hold it very steady. So I heard that magic click; there it was for the first time. That is what has been pushing me ever since. And it’s taken me into worlds that I could never have imagined.” Continue reading →

A Singular Loveliness: Marilyn’s Painterly Gesture

29 Friday Jul 2022

Posted by marina72 in Art and Photography, Books, Marilyn Monroe

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Abstract Expressionism, Andy Warhol, Bert Stern, Cold War, Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend, Feminism, Frida Kahlo, Gesture and Film, Gordon Parks, Griselda Pollock, Jayne Mansfield, Kerry Filer Harker, Killing Men and Dying Women, Korean War, Lee Krasner, Marilyn Monroe, Miscarriage, New York, Nicky Bird, Playboy, Sam Shaw, The Seven Year Itch, William de Kooning

In 2018, the feminist art historian Griselda Pollock gave a lecture on Marilyn Monroe at the Caixi Forum in Madrid. Despite the acres of coverage on Monroe’s life, Pollock stated, “there is very little analysis of her work. How did a white woman, uneducated and abused, become a star like one she was? Why was Andy Warhol crying at her death? Why did Elton John identify with her? Why did Madonna forge her image in Monroe’s likeness?” Continue reading →

Meeting Bert Stern

28 Friday Jun 2013

Posted by marina72 in Art and Photography, Marilyn Monroe

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Bert Stern, Marilyn Monroe, Mary Ann Lynch

One of Stern's most popular 'Marilyns', at the Staley Wise Gallery, NYC

One of Stern’s most popular ‘Marilyns’, at the Staley Wise Gallery, NYC

The American portrait photographer Bert Stern, famed for his provocative images of Marilyn Monroe and others, died aged 83 on June 26th, 2013, the New York Times reports.

Over the next few weeks, I’ll be reviewing his work here and at ES Updates.

But first, here’s a personal tribute from artist and photographer Mary Ann Lynch, who met Mr Stern at a New York gallery opening, in April this year. Continue reading →

Styling Marilyn: Kenneth Battelle 1927-2013

13 Thursday Jun 2013

Posted by marina72 in Fashion and Beauty, Marilyn Monroe

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Bert Stern, Chicago, Earl Gustie, Eve Arnold, Jackie Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Kenneth Battelle, Marilyn Monroe, New York, Some Like It Hot

Marilyn Monroe, styled by Kenneth for her appearance at the JFK birthday gala in 1962

Marilyn Monroe, styled by Kenneth for her appearance at the JFK birthday gala in 1962

Kenneth Battelle, who was dubbed ‘hairdresser to the stars’ during the 1950s, died at home in Wappinger Falls, New York, on May 12th,  2013. Continue reading →

Elizabeth Taylor 1932-2011

23 Wednesday Mar 2011

Posted by marina72 in Film

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AIDS, AmFAR, Bert Stern, Cleopatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Madonna, Marilyn Monroe, Max Lerner, Michael Jackson, Mike Todd, Montgomery Clift, Richard Burton, Truman Capote

In honour of the glorious Elizabeth Taylor, who passed away today, I’m posting an updated version of my tribute, Marilyn, Elizabeth and Cleopatra, first published on Immortal Marilyn in 2009. Continue reading →

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