It Took Two Women To Create Marilyn Monroe

Monroe and photographer Eve Arnold learned a good deal from one another, as is shown in the new edition of Arnold’s book, ‘Marilyn Monroe,’ featuring 100 color and black-and-white photographs of the actress.

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Marilyn Monroe in 1954. Baron/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

‘Marilyn Monroe’
By Eve Arnold
Foreword by Anjelica Huston
Afterword by Michael Arnold
Acc Art Books, 208 Pages

Anjelica Huston marvels at the “confidence and relaxation” Marilyn Monroe “exudes in her collaboration with the photographer,” Eve Arnold, and Arnold’s grandson, Michael, speaks of her empathetic treatment of Monroe. The two women learned a good deal from one another, as Eve Arnold’s fascinating text demonstrates.

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