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Marilyn Monroe Photos

Marilyn Monroe was a photographer’s dream model.  During her career Marilyn posed for thousands of photos by hundreds of photographers.  Marilyn’s photos are collectors items that are treasured by her legion of fans. 

While working at Radioplane, a military photographer took a photo of Marilyn for Yank magazine and encouraged Marilyn to enroll with the Blue Book Modeling agency.  Her first professional modeling assignment was serving as a hostess at an industrial trade show in 1945.  Marilyn’s earliest photo as a professional model shows her posing for steel files by Holga.  This historic and delightful photo was published in Marilyn’s biography in Money Secrets of the Rich and Famous.  This photo is also available on the Internet, and is one of the earliest photos of Marilyn before she skyrocketed to everlasting fame. 

From 1945, Marilyn’s career as a model skyrocketed.  Marilyn worked with a number of photographers and posed for a variety of projects including a Montgomery Ward catalogs and for over thirty top magazines.  In 1947, Marilyn was named Miss Artichoke Queen of California.  In 1953, the first issue of Playboy featured a nude Marilyn Monroe on the front cover. 

Life photographer Milton Greene became a close friend of Marilyn and took many of Marilyn’s now-classic photographs.  Greene mortgaged his home to finance their new corporation, Marilyn Monroe Productions.  While working in New York, Marilyn was photographed in her Lexington Avenue apartment with her secretary May Reis. 

Frank Powolny who worked as a still photographer at 20th Century-Fox took some of the best Marilyn Monroe photos.  In the early 1950s, Powolny took a photo of Monroe as part of the publicity campaign for “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”.  Photos inscribed by Marilyn sell at auction for many thousands of dollars. 

Photographer George Barris took some of the last photographs of Marilyn in 1962.  Marilyn posed for Barris on the beach in Santa Monica, California.  Their project was initially conceived as a photo feature for Cosmopolitan magazine.  Marilyn died within a few days after her six-week photo session with Barris. 

Marilyn Monroe photos are avidly sought and treasured by legions of fans and collectors.  Photos of Marilyn Monroe at her first modeling job and her glamorous calendar photos will always be revered as some of Marilyn’s most desirable photos. 

 

 

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