Marilyn Monroe: Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis
$132.00
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
31 October 2011
Summary
At your fingertips is the most lavish and comprehensive collection of Marilyn Monroe photographs ever assembled—more than half of which have never been published before. Norma Jeane Baker’s transformation into one of the most emulated and iconic Hollywood stars is an epic American story—one that careens from a troubled childhood into the bright national spotlight before descending into an irrevocable depression.
In this stunning, one-of-a-kind volume, David Wills offers a captivating …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780062036193 |
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| ISBN-10: | 006203619X |
| Author: | David Wills, Stephen Schmidt |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Imprint: | It Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 31 October 2011 |
| Weight: | 2.08kg |
| Dimensions: | 36mm x 300mm x 239mm |
| Series: | It Books |
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About The Author
David Wills
Australian-born David Wills is an author, independent curator, photographic preservationist, and editor who has accrued one of the world’s largest independent archives of original photographs, negatives, and transparencies. He has contributed material to many publications and museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Phoenix Art Museum, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Wills has produced a series of photography exhibitions based on images from his archive. His shows include Murder, Models, Madness: Photographs from the Motion Picture Blow-Up; Edie Sedgwick: Unseen Photographs of a Warhol Superstar; Blonde Bombshell; James Bond; Women with Issues: Photographs from the Motion Picture Valley of the Dolls; and Warhology.
Wills’s books include Ara Gallant; Marilyn Monroe: Metamorphosis; Audrey: The 60s; Hollywood in Kodachrome; and Seventies Glamour. He is also the co-author of Veruschka.
His books and exhibitions have received major profiles in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, Vanity Fair, American Photo, Vogue, Interview, and Time. He has also written articles on photography and popular culture for publications including the Huffington Post, V Magazine, and Palm Springs Life.
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