Marilyn: Intimate Exposures

Title: Marilyn

Subtitle: Intimate Exposures

Author/s: Sandra Bernard

RRP: $39.99

ISBN: 9781402780011

Format: Hardback, 208 pages

Dimensions: 30.4cm x 25.4cm

Publisher: Sterling Publishing

Aust. Release Date: October 2011

Book Description/Synopsis:

2012 is the 50th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe's death, and this lavishly illustrated volume celebrates her enduring beauty through photographs by legendary Hollywood photographer Bruno Bernard. Bernard's iconic photograph of Marilyn standing over the subway grate in a billowing white dress is synonymous with Hollywood glamour and sex appeal, and many of the images here have never before been published. They cover key moments in Marilyn's life, including her first professional sitting in 1946, all enlivened by fascinating excerpts from Bruno's journal.

Fans of the blonde bombshell will also treasure the stunning, frame-ready print included with this keepsake book.

Author:

Susan Bernard, daughter of Bruno Bernard, is an author, producer, and president of Bernard of Hollywood Publishing/Renaissance Road, Inc. She preserves and internationally exhibits, publishes, and licenses her late father's work, generating feature articles in The New York Times, Time, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, American Photo, Entertainment Weekly and other journals. Bernard of Hollywood's famous “Marilyn in White” photograph was chosen as the photographic Symbol of the Century in 1999 by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in its Fame After Photography exhibition.

Key Selling Points:

·         Includes frame-ready print

·         The book will be out in time for the 50^th anniversary of Monroe’s death, August 5^th 2012

·         Includes introductions from Jane Russell (Marilyn’s co-star in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) and Lindsay Lohan

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