Lawrence Schiller’s exhibition of over fifty iconic images of Marilyn Monroe—many of which have been newly discovered in his archives, will open at the Steven Kasher Gallery in New York May 31, his first solo show in the U.S. Schiller met Monroe when he was just a 23 year old photojournalist. He describes meeting Marilyn for the first time, “I was scared shitless. I ‘d never photographed somebody who had been photographed by every photographer in the world. I learned very quickly that Marilyn knew more about photography than I did…Marilyn was right there, right in your face. You could really feel the pores on her skin. She was constantly alive. She could look anyway she wanted.” These exclusive photographs of Monroe show her as “self-aware, in control of her image, yet fragile and vulnerable, and uniquely touching.”
May 30, 2012
