“She made love with the camera or perhaps with herself but acted for her public.Being photographed was a way of letting herself be caressed and appreciated in a very in offensive way." ~ Eve Arnold (1912-2012) ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
“She made love with the camera, or perhaps with herself, but acted for her public.Being photographed was a way of letting herself be caressed and appreciated in a very inoffensive way."
~ Eve Arnold
(1912-2012)
“A career is wonderful but you can’t curl up with it in a cold night.”
~ Marilyn Monroe
(1926-1962)
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Eve Arnold 1912-2012
Marilyn Monroe, on the Nevada desert going over her lines for a difficult scene she is about to play with Clark Gable in the film, "The Misfits" by John Huston, 1960/printed 2003
Signed on verso in pencil
Gelatin silver print
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Dear friends,
One of the great on set photographs ever taken. Is Marilyn acting this emotion for the scene or personally feeling the inner tumult for real? I guess we will never know the answer, but this ambiguity is what makes this image so moving and powerful.
Peace and love,
Peter
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