BERT STERN (1929-2013) MARILYN MONROE COLLAGE (CONTACT SHEET).

Bert Stern - ' Marilyn Monroe collage' Digital print from the 1962 sittings. Copyright stamped on verso. Signed by photographer Bert Stern and supplied with Bert Stern's coa. Image: 31.5x24.75 inches approx. Each image is: 7.5x7.5 inches. Printed 2010. Rolled in tube. Bert Stern was one of the leading photographers of the 1950s and 1960s. Like his contemporaries Richard Avedon and Irving Penn, Stern pioneered a new photographic aesthetic, preferring uncluttered and emotionally direct images that strove not only to showcase the human figure but also to capture a sense of the subject s psychology. Encouraged to pursue photography by Stanley Kubrick, Stern s reputation quickly grew as he worked for commercial companies such as Revlon. He became a mainstay for fashion magazines like Vogue, and his portfolio featured such superstars as Twiggy, Truman Capote, and Audrey Hepburn. Stern famously captured Marilyn Monroe in The Last Sitting, the actress s last group of portraits taken six weeks before her death.