Bert Stern, the famous commercial and fashion photographer of the 60s, was the l
ast to be granted a sitting by Marilyn Monroe six weeks before her tragic death.
The three-day session yielded nearly 2,600 pictures--fashion, portrait, and nud
e studies--of indescribable sensual and human vibrancy, of which no more than 20
were published. And yet these few photographs ineradicably shaped our image of
Marilyn Monroe. This book presents the complete set of 2,571 photos. The monumen
tal body of work by the master photographer and the Hollywood actress marks a cl
imax in the history of star photography, both in quantity and quality. It is a u
nique affirmation of the erotic dimension of photography and the eroticism of ta
king photos, and it is the world's finest and largest tribute to Marilyn Monroe.
