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List Price: $39.95 | | Publisher: Random House Mondadori
Salesrank: 778732
Released: July 10, 2007 |
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Editorial Review:
Bert Stern’s Favorite Photos of an American Icon
Bert Stern, the famous commercial and fashion photographer of the
60s, was the last to be granted a sitting by Marilyn Monroe six weeks before her tragic death. The three-day session yielded amazing pictures—fashion, portrait, and nude studies—of indescribable sensual and human vibrancy, of which Mr. Stern’s favorites are published in this book.
The monumental body of work by the master photographer and the
Hollywood actress marks a climax in the history of star photography. It is a unique affirmation of the erotic dimension of photography and the eroticism of taking photos, and it is the world’s finest tribute to Marilyn Monroe.
In 1954 Bert Stern opened his first studio in New York. Besides
working for IBM, Vogue, Glamour, Life, Revlon, and Smirnoff, he is famous for his portraits of celebrities such as Anna Nicole Smith, Elizabeth Taylor, Gary Cooper, Louis Armstrong, Catherine Deneuve, as well as Marilyn Monroe.
Accompanying the incredible photos are Marilyn’s conversations with the photographer:
“I’m not going to take off my pants,” she declared.
“Just roll them down, then.”
She rolled them way down low on her hips so I could see the label, which read JAX.
I saw the scar now. It was on the right side of her stomach. A blemish, an imperfection that only made her seem more vulnerable and accentuated the incredible smoothness of her skin.
She was the color of champagne, the color of alabaster.
We were ready to begin.
Marilyn Monroe: The Last Sitting Reviews:
Monroe's Best! 
2008-03-03 - WOW!!! Even if you already own the HUGE coffee-table book of the complete last sitting, in my opinion this book is still highly recommended! The Bert Stern photos have always been my personal fav of Marilyn & I own books by all her photographers who have had books published. This one is perfect, it shows all the best photos from that magical last sitting with the # 1 Sex Goddess!
Wonderful book !!!!
2007-12-03 - If you love Marilyn this is a must buy. Greak pics but there is nudity so it should be a purchase for people over 18 years old.
Great pics
2007-10-17 - I love the variety and quality of the photos. The perfect gift for my daughter, a big MM fan.
Creepy but worth a perusal in the book store 
2007-09-24 - Its certainly Marilyn as you've never seen her... unretouched photos showing thick makeup caked in her crows feet, a huge surgery scar on her stomach... boozed up and talked into taking her clothes off, as recounted by the photographer.
Mostly what I felt as I was looking at the photos was sad for Marilyn... and that she had yet again been taken advantage of by this photographer who kept writing about "how was I going to get her to take her clothes off?!" like a highschool senior before prom.
It particularly disgusted me when he wrote about how the moment he met her his "dream life in new york"... marriage...kids... everything disappeared... and eventually during one of the sessions he leaned in to kiss Marilyn but she said "no".
Hah! Good girl Marilyn.
