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Bert Stern’s contract at VOGUE allowed him to photograph 10 pages of his own choice in the magazine. He chose to photograph Marilyn and the shoot took place at the Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles in June 1962.
Bert Stern, an elite commercial photographer who helped redefine advertising and fashion art in the 1950s and ’60s but is perhaps best known for his painfully raw and poignant photos of...
- So, Who Is Bert Stern and What Is The Last sitting?
- Ah, Yes. Marilyn. Why Is Bert's Name Synonymous with hers?
- Yes! What Was This Shoot for?
- When Did This All Take place?
- How Did This Go from A Vogue Fashion Shoot to A Nude Shoot?
- What Did The Vogue Article Look like? Did They Mention Her Death?
Bert Stern was one of “the” photographers of the 1950’s and 60’s. When I say “the” I mean he was in the company of a generation of the greatest photographers of all time. ThinkRichard Avedon and Irving Penn. His take on fashion photography was quite different from Dick and Irving, however, leaning more towards a direct, confrontational style that c...
Other starlets like Audrey Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor had the pleasure of gracing his lens as well. The question is, why Marilyn? Three words. The. Last. Sitting.Not Supper. Sitting. Bert, not Leonardo. Bert Stern had taken the LAST photos of Marilyn Monroe only 6 weeks before her tragic death. This group of 2,571 captures was so special and emot...
The photo shoot was commissioned by Vogue magazine. Surprisingly, Marilyn had never appeared in Vogue, and at that time Bert had a contract with the magazine that gave him the freedom to do whatever he wanted with 8 pages. He wanted Marilyn. He felt that there had not yet been one immortal black and white photograph of Marilyn, and it was his desti...
Let's backtrack. 1926:Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jean, on June 1 in Los Angeles, California. She had just turned 36 at the time of the photo shoot. 1929:Bert Stern was born on October 3 in Brooklyn, NY. He was a whopping age of 33 when he got this break-of-a-lifetime. 1953:Marilyn had become a Hollywood sex symbol by this time, known for playing...
Bert had brought a bunch of see-through scarves and beads from the Vogue accessories closet. He suggested she pose with just the scarves and nothing else. He knew this was risky. Marilynasked her stylist what his thoughts were on this idea, and Bert recalls, “I knew my life was in his hands at that very moment. That if he said don’t you dare, we ne...
Vogue ultimately decided to run the article using all of the same selections they had originally planned to use, with the addition of text explaining to readers their position. The opening copy in the editorial read like this: If only I could get a copy of that issue. The story of Marilyn continues to haunt me. I want to know why a beautiful life w...
May 21, 2024 · Bert Stern had idolized Marilyn Monroe since he met her at a party for the Actor’s Studio in 1955. He now finally had the opportunity to photograph Monroe and so great was his infatuation with the actress, that he referred to setting up his photo shoot as, “preparing for Marilyn’s arrival like a lover, and yet I was here to take photographs.
- Bert Stern
The Last Sitting is a book and photo shoot of Marilyn Monroe by photographer Bert Stern. The photo shoot was commissioned by Vogue magazine in late June 1962, taking place over three daily sessions, just six weeks before she died. Bert Stern published The Last Sitting in 1982.
- Bert Stern, Annie Gottlieb
- 1982
May 4, 2015 · May 4, 2015 1:58PM. Bert Stern ’s famous suite of photographs, The Last Sitting, shot in 1962, pictures a dashing, delightful Marilyn Monroe. It was the last photo shoot before her death, which occurred six weeks later.
Jun 8, 2017 · On a late June afternoon in 1962, Marilyn Monroe arrived at the Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles — alone, five hours late, ready to remove her makeup, clothing, and inhibitions for the camera of legendary photographer Bert Stern. The 12-hour photo shoot that ensued, and the following two sessions, yielded nothing short of magic; the series of ...
