THE ESSENTIAL MARILYN MONROE BY MILTON H. GREENE: 50 sessions Milton H. Greene (1922-1985), famous for his fashion photography and celebrity portraits from the golden age of Hollywood, met Marilyn Monroe on a photo shoot for Look magazine in 1953. They became close friends and ultimately business partners, founding Marilyn Monroe Productions, Inc. When their personal and professional relationship ended as a result of Marilyn’s marriage to Arthur Miller in 1957, the embittered Greene withdrew his large picture archive of her and went on to continue his own professional and successful career as a photographer for the rest of his life. Following Greene’s passing, his son, Joshua, who spent time with Marilyn as a small child, began to meticulously restore his father’s legacy. As a photographer himself, Joshua was well-versed in the challenges of restoring an archive to the original state, and as a result of his work, he established ‘The Archives’, a company committed to the restoration of photography. After spending nearly two decades restoring his father’s archive, Joshua Greene and his company are widely regarded as one of the leading photograph restoration companies operating worldwide, and credited for bringing new techniques and technical advancement to this important craft. Now – for the first time – Joshua Greene, in conjunction with Iconic Images, presents The Essential Marilyn Monroe by Milton H. Greene. With more than 350 photographs, including many never-before published and unseen images, Milton Greene’s Marilyn Monroe archive can finally be viewed as it was originally intended when these pictures were first produced more than 60 years ago. These classic sessions – 50 in all – cover Monroe at the height of her astonishing beauty and meteoric fame. From film sets to the bedroom, at home and at play, this is a lasting tribute to the work of a great photographer and his greatest muse. Poignant and powerful, joyful and stunning – these breathtaking images of an icon stand above all the rest and The Essential Marilyn Monroe by Milton H. Greene is sure to be a book that will become the platinum standard in photography monographs.
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THE ESSENTIAL MARILYN MONROE BY MILTON H. GREENE: 50 sessions Milton H. Greene (1922-1985), famous for his fashion photography and celebrity portraits from the golden age of Hollywood, met Marilyn Monroe on a photo shoot for Look magazine in 1953. They became close friends and ultimately business partners, founding Marilyn Monroe Productions, Inc. When their personal and professional relationship ended as a result of Marilyn’s marriage to Arthur Miller in 1957, the embittered Greene withdrew his large picture archive of her and went on to continue his own professional and successful career as a photographer for the rest of his life. Following Greene’s passing, his son, Joshua, who spent time with Marilyn as a small child, began to meticulously restore his father’s legacy. As a photographer himself, Joshua was well-versed in the challenges of restoring an archive to the original state, and as a result of his work, he established ‘The Archives’, a company committed to the restoration of photography. After spending nearly two decades restoring his father’s archive, Joshua Greene and his company are widely regarded as one of the leading photograph restoration companies operating worldwide, and credited for bringing new techniques and technical advancement to this important craft. Now – for the first time – Joshua Greene, in conjunction with Iconic Images, presents The Essential Marilyn Monroe by Milton H. Greene. With more than 350 photographs, including many never-before published and unseen images, Milton Greene’s Marilyn Monroe archive can finally be viewed as it was originally intended when these pictures were first produced more than 60 years ago. These classic sessions – 50 in all – cover Monroe at the height of her astonishing beauty and meteoric fame. From film sets to the bedroom, at home and at play, this is a lasting tribute to the work of a great photographer and his greatest muse. Poignant and powerful, joyful and stunning – these breathtaking images of an icon stand above all the rest and The Essential Marilyn Monroe by Milton H. Greene is sure to be a book that will become the platinum standard in photography monographs.
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Ballerina The ‘Ballerina’ series is one of Milton and Marilyn’s most recognized collaborations, created in October 1954 at the New York studio. Clothing Designer Anne Klein sent various outfits to Milton’s studio for Marilyn to wear, however all the outfits were two sizes too small. All of the poses in this sitting deal amusingly with Marilyn’s problem of holding up the ill-fitting tulle and satin dress.
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Ballerina The ‘Ballerina’ series is one of Milton and Marilyn’s most recognized collaborations, created in October 1954 at the New York studio. Clothing Designer Anne Klein sent various outfits to Milton’s studio for Marilyn to wear, however all the outfits were two sizes too small. All of the poses in this sitting deal amusingly with Marilyn’s problem of holding up the ill-fitting tulle and satin dress.
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Bed These images of Marilyn in bed were taken in the guest bedroom at Joseph Schenck’s villa in October 1953, a month after Milton and Marilyn first met.
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Bed These images of Marilyn in bed were taken in the guest bedroom at Joseph Schenck’s villa in October 1953, a month after Milton and Marilyn first met.
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Peasant On one of those glorious Sunday afternoons on the backlots of 20th Century Fox, Milton and Marilyn photographed the ‘Peasant Sitting’. Taken on May 24, 1954, this series was photographed on the French village set used for What Price Glory. Milton, inspired by the screenplay The Brothers Karamazov, believed in Marilyn’s ability to be a dramatic actress and to prove it to her, he photographed her in the costume that Jennifer Jones wore in her Oscarwinning performance in Song of Bernadette.
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Peasant On one of those glorious Sunday afternoons on the backlots of 20th Century Fox, Milton and Marilyn photographed the ‘Peasant Sitting’. Taken on May 24, 1954, this series was photographed on the French village set used for What Price Glory. Milton, inspired by the screenplay The Brothers Karamazov, believed in Marilyn’s ability to be a dramatic actress and to prove it to her, he photographed her in the costume that Jennifer Jones wore in her Oscarwinning performance in Song of Bernadette.
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Black Coat In April of 1956, on the back lots of the 20th Century Fox studios, Milton photographed Marilyn behind the wheel of her brand new Cadillac, which was a gift from Jack Benny for appearing on his TV show. Provided by the Cadillac Corporation, one of Benny’s sponsors, it took only a phone call to acquire the new prized possession.
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Black Coat In April of 1956, on the back lots of the 20th Century Fox studios, Milton photographed Marilyn behind the wheel of her brand new Cadillac, which was a gift from Jack Benny for appearing on his TV show. Provided by the Cadillac Corporation, one of Benny’s sponsors, it took only a phone call to acquire the new prized possession.
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Swimming Pool Taken in Connecticut in 1956, these images of a young freckle-faced star reveal an intimate side seen only by few. During the summer, Marilyn and the Greene family would go a mile down the road to the home of Richard Rogers and end a hot summer day with a cool swim in the pool.
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Swimming Pool Taken in Connecticut in 1956, these images of a young freckle-faced star reveal an intimate side seen only by few. During the summer, Marilyn and the Greene family would go a mile down the road to the home of Richard Rogers and end a hot summer day with a cool swim in the pool.
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Red Sitting Photographed for Life magazine, this series produced several memorable images. Appropriately entitled the ‘Red Sitting’, these images display the playful eroticism that was apparent in all their work together. That sitting in January of 1957, with Marilyn in that simple red dress, would be their last.
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Red Sitting Photographed for Life magazine, this series produced several memorable images. Appropriately entitled the ‘Red Sitting’, these images display the playful eroticism that was apparent in all their work together. That sitting in January of 1957, with Marilyn in that simple red dress, would be their last.
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