Tag: Richard Avedon

June 1, 2014 /

Avedon captures Monroe’s soul – she would have been 89 today, and probably never suspected she would become immortal…

“Hollywood is a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.”  Marilyn Monroe

May 28, 2014 /

Avedon shoots Billy Wilder and Marilyn Monroe

  “It takes a smart brunette to play a dumb blonde.”  Marilyn Monroe
May 15, 2014 /

Judy Garland, Frances Gumm, Vickie Lester, Esther Blodgett – we go by many names in Hollywood, click on the picture

July 19, 2013 /

PHOTOGRAPHER AND MODEL – AVEDON AND MONROE

Recalling a portrait session with Marilyn Monroe that took place in his studio in May 1957, Avedon said, “For hours she danced and sang and flirted and did this thing that’s—she did Marilyn Monroe.” via MoMA | Richard Avedon. Marilyn Monroe, actress, New York. May 6, 1957.
July 7, 2013 /

FUNNY FACE – AVEDON AND HEPBURN