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About With Marilyn: An Evening 1961
Review ...some of the most spontaneous and flirtatious photographs ever taken of this film legend... --Bloginity A must have for any Marilyn fan. --Holly Madison …looking at the pictures, it is truly as though we can see her in motion. --Immortal Marilyn In memory, Marilyn Monroe―who died 53 years ago, on August 5, 1962―is perpetually bital and beautiful. That's the way photographer Douglas Kirkland saw her when they met in 1961. 'She was like the girl next door,' he recalls. 'She wasn't this superstar. She laughed easily and was very comfortable to be around.' Kirkland's photographs of Monroe have been collected in the book With Marilyn: An Evening/1961. -- Todd Leopold, CNN.com, August 6, 2015 Picture the scene – you're alone in a room with Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra crooning on the record player, Dom Pérignon flowing freely. The dazzling pin-up is lying on a bed, striking a range of irresistable poses, dressed in nothing but the finest silk sheets. It sounds like an elaborate 1950s teen fantasy, but it is in fact the real-life scenario in which Canadian photographer Douglas Kirkland – then a baby-faced 27-year-old – found himself on the 17th November, 1961. -- Daisy Woodward, AnOther Magazine, September 25, 2015 In this book, Kirkland captured the essence of the woman as a beautiful, spontaneous and flirtatious lady. The images are stunning and a sample of the outstanding photographs that foretold of a world-class photographer's career. It is an extraordinary collection of images. -- Noella Ballenger, Apogee Photo Magazine Product Description Celebrate Marilyn Monroe, whose monumental reputation endures well beyond the decades since her death; in a gorgeous presentation that is as glamorous as the actress herself. "For 30 years Douglas Kirkland has made his living by doing what some photographers might gladly do without charge: taking pictures of glamorous celebrities. In creating the kind of poster-perfect images publicity agents dream of - Marilyn Monroe clad only in silk sheets, for example - he has few peers." Andy Grunberg, The New York Times "Though portraiture is a great strength - [Kirkland's] initial apprenticeship was with Irving Penn - it's his journalistic eye that makes for the most striking images." Fred Schruers, Portfolio Magazine On assignment for Look magazine to photograph the movie star in 1961, Douglas Kirkland photographed Marilyn Monroe and made history for both himself and for the actress. Working in the intimate confines of an unmade bed, the result - still amazing today - is a series of some of the most spontaneous and flirtatious photographs ever taken of this film legend. They made the photographer's career and added a new facet to that of the actress. The complete collection of the shoot is accompained here ina book that belongs on the shelf of every collector, devotee, and connoisseur of the icon that was Marilyn Monroe, the genius that is Douglas Kirkland, or both. About the Author Douglas Kirkland is one of the best-known and longest-working photographers of our time. He began his career on assignment for LOOK and Life magazines, where he photographed such icons as Elizabeth Taylor, Audrey Hepburn, and Marlene Dietrich. His most recent books include, Coco Chanel: Three Weeks/1962; Michael Jackson: The Making of Thriller/Four Days, 1983; and Freeze Frame: Five Decades/400 Photographs. Kirkland has been named "Photographer of the Year" (PMDA) and "Mentor of the Year" (Fotofusion). He lives in California with his beloved wife and business partner, Françoise.
