Bert Stern: Marilyn Monroe: The Complete Last Sitting

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Some of the photos truly are beautiful, but it's absolutely impossible to enjoy this book for all of Bert Stern's disgusting descriptions of what's gone on during the shoot. From the glamorous, sophisticated photos which Vogue would publish in a black-and-white "memorial" spread, to the less restrained color shots which Stern coaxed out of Marilyn during an intense, exhausting session, this collection covers nearly every aspect of modern photography: portraiture, fashion-driven, erotic, and artistic. Book Condition: Very good, light shelf wear, head and tail of spine tanned, good binding, clean body and unmarked text. A little surface inky discoloration to upper edge of DJ and corner rubbing to jacket, light corner pushing to boards, bright and unmarked, very secure binding.

Amazing photos of an artist on the verge of a break through who unfortunately did not get the chance to level-up even further. This is an odd book because Bert Stern comes off as an "I coulda fucked her, but I didn't" sort of guy. 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. TEXT IN GERMAN pictorial slipcase 2586 Photographien, davon 372 in Farbe, 464 Seiten, GroBformat; Text in German.

Near Fine++ oversize hardback in a Near Fine+ dust jacket, now protected in a homemade Brodart-style transparent plastic sleeve. Beginning today, visitors to the Paris exhibition hall (and car dealer) DS World can experience the elegance and vulnerability of Stern’s series in the exhibition “ Marilyn, the Last Sitting,” on view until January 6, 2018. The book included many of the over 2,500 images that Stern had shot, including contact sheets with images Monroe had disliked and crossed out.

In seinem Vorwort erzählt Bert Stern vom Zustandekommen und Verlauf dieses ungewöhnlichen Phototermins. Complete set of nearly 2700 photos taken in three days by Bert Stein,just six weeks before Marilyn Monroe's death in August 1962.In 2008 Stern shot recreations of the images used by Vogue—with actress Lindsay Lohan as the model—for the February 25, 2008 issue of New York. The photos are featured alongside DS car models, including a rare, bright-red DS 21 Cabriolet from 1966. But if you take the commentary with a grain of salt, it's a fascinating and oddly heartbreaking series of photos.