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Cornell Capa 1918-2008

26 Monday May 2008

Posted by marina72 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

Dear Mr Gable…

15 Thursday May 2008

Posted by marina72 in Film, Marilyn Monroe, Updates

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Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, The Egyptian, The Misfits

Two new articles for my series, ‘Another Side Of Marilyn’, are now on the Immortal Marilyn website. The first, for my ‘Films Marilyn Considered’ column, covers the 1954 epic The Egyptian. And ‘Dear Mr Gable’, for my ‘Marilyn’s Heroes’ topic, considers her admiration for the king of Hollywood, Clark Gable.

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